Sri Garga-samhita

Sri Garga-samhita

Sri Garga-samhita

Chapter Twenty-one Dāvāgni-moksa-vipra-patni-darcana Lord Krsna Extinguishes the Forest Fire and Reveals Himself to the Brāhmana's Wives

Text 1

Verse text

cri-nārada uvāca atha kriḍā-prasaktesu gopesu sa-balesu ca trna-lobhena vivicur gāvaḥ sarvāḥ mahad vanam

Synonyms

cri-nārada uvāca Sri Nārada said ; atha then ; kriḍā-prasaktesu intent on playing ; gopesu when the gopas ; sa-balesu with Balarāma ; ca amd ; trna-lobhena eager for grass ; vivicuḥ entered ; gāvaḥ the cows ; sarvāḥ all ; mahat the great ; vanam forest.

Translation

Sri Nārada said: As Balarāma and the gopas intently played, all the cows, hungry for more grass, went far into the forest.
Text 2

Verse text

tā ānetum gopa-bālāḥ prāpta munjātavim parām sambhutas tatra dāvāgniḥ pralayāgni-samo mahān

Synonyms

tāḥ them ; ānetum to bring back ; gopa-bālāḥ the gopa boyas ; prāpta attained ; mu 24jātavim Munjatavi forest ; parām great ; sambhutaḥ manifested ; tatra there ; dāvāgniḥ a forest fire ; pralayāgni-samaḥ like the fire at the time of cosmic anihilation ; mahān great.

Translation

When to bring them back the gopa boys went to Mu 24jātavi forest, a great forest fire, like the fire at the end of the universe, suddenly flared up.
Text 3

Verse text

gobhir gopāḥ sametās te cri-krsnam sa-balam harim vadantaḥ pāhi pāhiti bhayārtāḥ caranam gatāḥ

Synonyms

gobhiḥ the cows ; gopāḥ the gopas ; sametāḥ with ; te they ; cri-krsnam to Sri Krsna ; sa-balam and Balarāma ; harim Lord Krsna ; vadantaḥ saying ; pāhi save! ; pāhiti save! ; bhayārtāḥ frightened ; caranam shelter ; gatāh went.

Translation

Followed by the cows, and calling out "Save us! Save us!", the frightened gopas took shelter of Krsna and Balarāma.
Text 4

Verse text

viksya vahni-bhayam svānām krsno yogecvarecvaraḥ nyamilayata mā bhaista locananānity abhāsata

Synonyms

viksya seeing ; vahni of the fire ; bhayam the fear ; svānām of His devotees ; krsnaḥ Krsna ; yogecvarecvaraḥ the master of yoga ; nyamilayata close ; don't ; bhaista fear ; locananāni eyes ; iti thus ; abhāsata said.

Translation

Seeing that His friends were afraid of the fire, Krsna, the master of all yoga powers, said to them, "Close your eyes. Don't be afraid."
Text 5

Verse text

tathā-bhutesu gopesu tam agnim bhaya-kārakam apibad bhagavān devo devānām pacyatām nrpa

Synonyms

tathā-bhutesu doing that ; gopesu the gopas ; tam that ; agnim fire ; bhaya-kārakam terrifying ; apibat drank ; bhagavān the Lord ; devaḥ the master ; devānām of the dmeigods ; pacyatām looking on ; nrpa O king.

Translation

As the gopas closed their eyes and the demigods looked on, Lord Krsna drank up that terrifying fire.
Text 6

Verse text

evam pitvā mahā-vahnim nitvā gopāla-go-ganam prāpto 'bhud yamunā-pāre cubhācoka-vane hariḥ

Synonyms

evam thus ; pitvā having drunk ; mahā-vahnim the great fire ; nitvā bringing ; gopāla-go-ganam the gopsas and cows ; prāptaḥ attained ; abhut was ; yamunā-pāre on the other shore of thr Yamunā ; cubha beautiful ; acoka of asoka trees ; vane in the forest ; hariḥ Lord Krsna.

Translation

After drinking up the great fire, Lord Krsna took the cows and gopas to a beautiful acoka forest on the Yamunā's farther shore.