Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 6.4.5, 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 6 of Chapter 4 (Journey to the City of Kundina) of Canto 6 (dvaraka-khanda).
Verse 6.4.5
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
तद्-रूपं स-गुणं श्रुत्वा
मन्-मुखात् प्रीति-वर्धनात्
सादृशीं श्री-हरिस् तां वै
समुद्वोढुं मनो दधे
tad-rūpaṃ sa-guṇaṃ śrutvā
man-mukhāt prīti-vardhanāt
sādṛśīṃ śrī-haris tāṃ vai
samudvoḍhuṃ mano dadhe
tad-rūpam—hear beauty; sa-guṇam—and virtues; śrutvā—hearing; man-mukhāt—from my mouth; priti-vardhanāt—because of the increase of love; sādṛśīm—like her; śrī-hariḥ—Lord Kṛṣṇa; tam—her; vai—indeed; samudvoḍhum—to marry; manaḥ—the mind; dadhe—fixed.
English translation of verse 6.4.5:
From my mouth Lord Kṛṣṇa heard of her beauty and virtues. He fell in love with her and fixed his heart on marrying a girl like her.