Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 5.17.16, 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 17 (The Gopis Describe Their Remembrance of Sri Krsna) of Canto 5 (mathura-khanda).
Verse 5.17.16
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
स्रि-विचख-युथ उवच गो-चरनयनुचरैर् व्रजन्तम् प्रबोधयन्तम् स्व-पुरम् विरवैह् मत्तेभ-यनम् हि विदम्बयन्तम् स्रि-नन्द-सुनुम् न हि विस्मरमह् स्रि-विचख-युथ
sri-vicakha-yutha uvaca go-caranayanucarair vrajantam prabodhayantam sva-puram viravaih mattebha-yanam hi vidambayantam sri-nanda-sunum na hi vismaramah sri-vicakha-yutha
uvaca—the groups of gopis headed by Sri Vicakha said; go-caranaya—for herding the cows; anucaraih—- with associates; vrajantam—walking; prabodhayantam—waking; sva-puram—His town; viravaih—with sounds; mattebha-yanam—the walking of an intocxicated elephant; hi—indeed; vidambayantam—mocking; sri-nanda-sunum—Sri Krsna; na—not; hi—indeed; vismaramah—we forget.
English translation of verse 5.17.16:
The groups of gopis headed by Sri Vicakha said: We have not forgotten Nanda's son, Krsna, who wakened the entire village with the great clamor He made as He went with His friends to herd the cows, His walking mocking the graceful steps of intoxicated elephants.