Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 5.4.23, 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 4 (The Journey to Shri Mathura) of Canto 5 (mathura-khanda).
Verse 5.4.23
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
यथा हि भाण्डीर-वटे मनोरथो
बभूव राधे हि तथा भविष्यति
अहैतुकं प्रेम च सद्भिर् आश्रितं
तच् चापि सन्तः किल निर्गुणं विदुः
yathā hi bhāṇḍīra-vaṭe manoratho
babhūva rādhe hi tathā bhaviṣyati
ahaitukaṃ prema ca sadbhir āśritaṃ
tac cāpi santaḥ kila nirguṇaṃ viduḥ
yathā—as; hi—indeed; bhāṇḍīra-vaṭe—in Bhandiravana; manorathaḥ—desire; babhūva—was; rādhe—O Rādhā; hi—indeed; tathā—so; bhaviṣyati—will be; ahaitukam—causless; prema—love; ca—and; sadbhiḥ—by the devotees; āśritam—taken shelter; tac—that; ca—and; api—even; santaḥ—the devotees; kila—indeed; nirguṇam—beyond the modes; viduḥ—know.
English translation of verse 5.4.23:
O Rādhā, as in the past I fulfilled Your desires in Bhāṇḍīravana forest, so in the future I will fulfill them again. The saintly devotees love Me selflessly. They stand on the spiritual platform, above the three modes of material nature.