Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 5.16.25, 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 16 (Comforting Sri Radha and the Gopis) of Canto 5 (mathura-khanda).
Verse 5.16.25
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
स्रि-भगवन् उवच गनेसु सक्तम् किल बन्धनय रक्तम् मनह् पुम्सि च मुक्तये स्यत् मनो द्वयोह् करनम् अहुर् अरज् जित्वथ तत् कौ विचरेद् असग्गह् स्रि-भगवन्
sri-bhagavan uvaca ganesu saktam kila bandhanaya raktam manah pumsi ca muktaye syat mano dvayoh karanam ahur araj jitvatha tat kau vicared asaggah sri-bhagavan
uvaca—the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; ganesu—for the groups; saktam—attachment; kila—indeed; bandhanaya—for bodange; raktam—affectionate; manah—the heart; pumsi—in a person; ca—and; muktaye—for liberation; syat—is; manah—the heart; dvayoh—of both; karanam—the cause; ahuh—said; arat—near; jitva—conquering; atha—then; tat—that; kau—on the earth; vicaret—considers; asaggah—without attachment.
English translation of verse 5.16.25:
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Attraction to the modes of material nature lead to bondage, but attraction to the Supreme Personality of Godhead leads to liberation. Thus the mind may be the cause of bondage or the cause of liberation. The wise therefore control the mind and remain unattached to the world of matter.