Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 5.15.8, English translation, including word-by-word: This text represents a Vaishnava scripture which narrates the life Krishna, It was composed in seventeen cantos by Garga Muni: an ancient sage and priest of the Yadu dynasty having. This is verse 5 of Chapter 15 (Seeing Sri Radha) of Canto 5 (mathura-khanda).

Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:

अहो वै नन्द-नगरे भक्तिर् न्र्त्यति यत्र च एवम् वदन् बहिर् ग्रमद् ययौ स्नतुम् नदि-जले

aho vai nanda-nagare bhaktir nrtyati yatra ca evam vadan bahir gramad yayau snatum nadi-jale

ahah—Oh; vai—indeed; nanda-nagare—in nanda's village; bhaktih—devotion; nrtyati—dances; yatrawhere; ca—and; evam—thus; vadan—saying; bahihout; gramat—from the village; yayau—went; snatum—to bathe; nadi-jale—in the river water.

English translation of verse 5.15.8:

"Love for Krsna dances in Nanda's village." After speaking these words, Uddhava left the village to bathe in the river.

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