Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 5.20.57, 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 5.20.57
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
दोर्भ्यां प्रगृह्य हृदये
तं निधाय कृपाकरः
आश्वास्य कल्याण-करं
करं दिव्यं दधार ह
dorbhyāṃ pragṛhya hṛdaye
taṃ nidhāya kṛpākaraḥ
āśvāsya kalyāṇa-karaṃ
karaṃ divyaṃ dadhāra ha
dorbhyām—with both arms; pragṛhya—embracing; hṛdaye—to His chest; tam—him; nidhāya—placing; kṛpākaraḥ—merciful; āśvāsya—comforting; kalyāṇa-karam—auspicious; karam—hand; divyam—transcendental; dadhāra—held; ha—certainly.
English translation of verse 5.20.57:
With both arms merciful Lord Kṛṣṇa embraced him, holding him to His chest.
Lord Kṛṣṇa comforted him and touched him with His auspicious hand.