Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 6.18.22, 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 18 (In the Course of Describing the Glories of Siddhashrama, a Description of the Rasa-dance Festival) of Canto 6 (dvaraka-khanda).

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

श्री-राज्ञ्य ऊचुः
दृष्ट्वा त्वद्-रूप-माधुर्यं
रास-रङ्गे मनोहरे
गतं मनो नः स्वानन्दं
ब्रह्मानन्दं यथा मुनिः

śrī-rājñya ūcuḥ
dṛṣṭvā tvad-rūpa-mādhuryaṃ
rāsa-raṅge manohare
gataṃ mano naḥ svānandaṃ
brahmānandaṃ yathā muniḥ

śrī-rājñya ūcuḥ—the queens said; dṛṣṭvāseeing; tvad-rūpa-mādhuryam—the sweetness of Your handsomeness; rāsa-raṅge—in the arena of thw rasa dance; manohare—beautiful; gatam—gone; manaḥheart; naḥ—of us; svānandam—to bliss; brahmānandam—spiritual bliss; yathā—as; muniḥ—a great sage.

English translation of verse 6.18.22:

The queens said: As we gaze at Your handsome sweetness in this beautiful rāsa dance, our hearts have become filled with bliss. We have become lake sages filled with the happiness of spiritual life.

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