Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 6.17.19, 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 17 (Shri Shri Radha and Krishna Meet at Siddhashrama and the Nature of Shri Radha’s Love Is Revealed) of Canto 6 (dvaraka-khanda).

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

श्रुतं यथा ते हरि-भाव-लक्षणं
तथा हि दृष्टं न हि चित्रम् एव हि
गच्छाशु चास्मच्-छिबिराणि यत्र हि
त्वं नेतुम् अत्रागतवत्य आदृताः

śrutaṃ yathā te hari-bhāva-lakṣaṇaṃ
tathā hi dṛṣṭaṃ na hi citram eva hi
gacchāśu cāsmac-chibirāṇi yatra hi
tvaṃ netum atrāgatavatya ādṛtāḥ

śrutam—heard; yathā—as; te—of You; hari-bhāva-lakṣaṇam—characterized by love for Lord Kṛṣṇa; tathā—so; hi—indeed; dṛṣṭam—seen; na—not; hi—indeed; citram—wonder; eva—indeed; hi—indeed; gacchaplease go; āśu—at once; ca—and; asmat—our; śibirāṇi—palanquins; yatrawhere; hi—indeed; tvam—You; netum—to take; atra—here; āgatavatyā—come; ādṛtāḥ—honored.

English translation of verse 6.17.19:

We have already heard of Your great love for Lord Kṛṣṇa, so we are not surprised now that we may see it directly. Please come to our palanquins. We have come here to honor You and take You with us.

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