Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 5.21.17, 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).

Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:

एकदा ब्रह्मणो लोके
स्त्रीभिः परिवृतो गतः
सुन्दरीषु मनः कृत्वा
जगौ ताल-विवर्जितम्

ekadā brahmaṇo loke
strībhiḥ parivṛto gataḥ
sundarīṣu manaḥ kṛtvā
jagau tāla-vivarjitam

ekadāone day; brahmaṇaḥof Brahmā; loke—on the planet; strībhiḥ—with women; parivṛtaḥsurrounded; gataḥwent; sundarīṣu—beautiful; manaḥ—mind; kṛtvā—doing; jagau—sang; tāla-vivarjitam—without a tala rhythm.

English translation of verse 5.21.17:

One day, accompanied by many women, he came to Brahmā's planet. His mind thinking of the beautiful women, he sang without a proper tāla rhythm.

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