Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 5.21.15, 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 5.21.15
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
क्रुद्धा शशाप तं ब्रह्मा
प्राह प्रस्फुरिताधरः
सदा गान-परः कल्पं
गन्धर्वो भव दुर्मते
kruddhā śaśāpa taṃ brahmā
prāha prasphuritādharaḥ
sadā gāna-paraḥ kalpaṃ
gandharvo bhava durmate
kruddhā—angry; śaśāpa—cursed; tam—him; brahmā—Brahmā; prāha—said; prasphuritādharaḥ—his lips trembling; sadā—always; gāna-paraḥ—intent on singing; kalpam—for a kalpa; gandharvaḥ—a Gamndharva; bhava—become; durmate—O fool.
English translation of verse 5.21.15:
His lips trembling with anger, Brahmā cursed him, Fool, you like to sing.
Become a gandharva for a kalpa."