Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 5.21.8, 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 21 (The Story of Shri Narada) of Canto 5 (mathura-khanda).
Verse 5.21.8
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-राधोवाच
द्रवतां त्वं कथं प्राप्तो
देव-देव दया-निधे
एतच् चित्रं हि मे जातं
सर्वं त्वं वद विस्तरात्
śrī-rādhovāca
dravatāṃ tvaṃ kathaṃ prāpto
deva-deva dayā-nidhe
etac citraṃ hi me jātaṃ
sarvaṃ tvaṃ vada vistarāt
śrī-rādhā uvāca—Śrī Rādhā said; dravatām—liquid; tvam—You; katham—how?; prāptaḥ—attained; deva-deva—O master of the demigods; dayā—of mercy; nidhe—O ocean; etat—this; citram—wonderful; hi—indeed; me—of Me; jātam—manifested; sarvam—all; tvam—You; vada—please tell; vistarāt—in detail.
English translation of verse 5.21.8:
Śrī Rādhā said: O master of the demigods, O ocean of mercy, how did Your body become a liquid? This fills Me with wonder. Please tell Me this story in great detail.