Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 6.18.36, 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).
Verse 6.18.36
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
पत्रावली-गन्ध-लोभाद्
भ्रमद्-भृङ्गावली-युते
क्व प्रेम्णा दर्शनं चैव
स्पर्शनं हर्षणं तथा
patrāvalī-gandha-lobhād
bhramad-bhṛṅgāvalī-yute
kva premṇā darśanaṃ caiva
sparśanaṃ harṣaṇaṃ tathā
patrāvalī—of the flower petals; gandha—fragrance; lobhāt—out of greed; bhramat—wandering; bhṛṅgāvalī—bees; yute—with; kva—where?; premṇā—with love; darśanam—sight; ca—and; eva—indeed; sparśanam—touch; harṣaṇam—happiness; tathā—as.
English translation of verse 6.18.36:
Where are the wandering bees greedy after the sweet fragrance of His flower-petal ornaments? Where are His loving glances when He appears in this way?
Where is the happiness of His touch when He appears in this way?