Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 5.20.5, 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 20 (The Liberation of Ribhu Muni During the Rasa-dance Festival) of Canto 5 (mathura-khanda).
Verse 5.20.5
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
एतादृशं वनं राधा
वियोगानल-वर्चसा
भस्मी-भूतं हि सततं
कृष्णाशा तां हि रक्षति
etādṛśaṃ vanaṃ rādhā
viyogānala-varcasā
bhasmī-bhūtaṃ hi satataṃ
kṛṣṇāśā tāṃ hi rakṣati
etadṛśam—like this; vanam—the forest; rādhā—Rādhā; viyogānala-varcasā—with the flames of separation; bhasmī-bhūtam—burned to ashes; hi—indeed; satatam—always; kṛṣṇāśā—the hop to attain Kṛṣṇa; tām—Her; hi—indeed; rakṣati—protects.
English translation of verse 5.20.5:
Rādhā would many times have burned that forest to ashes with the flames of Her distress in Lord Kṛṣṇa's absence. It was only the hope that She would again meet Kṛṣṇa that prevented Her.