Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.16.10, 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 1 of Chapter 16 (Description of Shri Radhika’s Wedding) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).
Verse 1.16.10
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-राधोवाच
वरं परं ब्रूहि महा-मते त्वं
यथेप्सितम् सर्व-जनैर् दुरापम्
अहं प्रसन्ना तव भक्ति-भावान्
मद्-दर्शनं दुर्लभम् एव नन्द
śrī-rādhovāca
varaṃ paraṃ brūhi mahā-mate tvaṃ
yathepsitam sarva-janair durāpam
ahaṃ prasannā tava bhakti-bhāvān
mad-darśanaṃ durlabham eva nanda
śrī-rādhā uvāca—Śrī Rādhā said; varam—benediction; param—supreme; brūhi—please say; mahā-mate—O noble-hearted one; tvam—you; yathā—as; ipsitam—desired; sarva—by all; janaiḥ—people; durāpam—difficult to attain; aham—I; prasannā—am pleased; tava—of you; bhakti-bhāvāt—by devotion; mat— of Me; darśanam—sight; durlabham—difficult to attain; eva—indeed; nanda—O
English translation of verse 1.16.10:
Nanda.
Then Śrī Rādhā said: O noble-hearted one, ask for a benediction, for anything you wish, for anything impossible for anyone to attain. I am pleased by your sincere devotion. O Nanda it is very difficult for anyone to see Me.