Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.14.56, 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 14 (The Liberation of Shakatasura and Trinavarta) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).
Verse 1.14.56
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
मुखं च मथुरा-नाथो
द्वारकेशः शिरो ऽवतु
पृष्ठं पात्व् असुर-ध्वंसी
सर्वतो भगवान् स्वयम्
mukhaṃ ca mathurā-nātho
dvārakeśaḥ śiro 'vatu
pṛṣṭhaṃ pātv asura-dhvaṃsī
sarvato bhagavān svayam
mukham—face; ca—and; mathurā-nāthaḥ—the Lord of Mathurā; dvārakeśaḥ—the Lord of Dvārakā; śiraḥ—head; avatu—may protect; pṛṣṭham—back; pātu—may protect; asura-dhvaṃsī—the killer of the demons; sarvataḥ—completely; bhagavān svayam—the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
English translation of verse 1.14.56:
May the Lord of Mathurā protect Your face. May the Lord of Dvārakā protect Your head. May the Lord who kills the demons protect Your back. May the Supreme Personality of Godhead give You all protection.