Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.1.15, 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 2 of Chapter 1 (Description of the Entrance in Vrindavana) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.1.15
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
वैकुण्ठान् नापरो लोको
न भूतो न भविष्यति
एकं वृन्दावनं नाम
वैकुण्ठाच् च परात् परम्
vaikuṇṭhān nāparo loko
na bhūto na bhaviṣyati
ekaṃ vṛndāvanaṃ nāma
vaikuṇṭhāc ca parāt param
vaikuṇṭhāt—than Vaikuṇṭha; na—not; aparaḥ—better; lokaḥ—planet; na—not; bhūtaḥ—was; na—not; bhaviṣyati—will be; ekam—one; vṛndāvanam—Vṛndāvana; nāma—named; vaikuṇṭhāt—than Vaikuṇṭha; ca—and; parāt—than the greatest; param—greater.
English translation of verse 2.1.15:
No place is better than Vaikuṇṭha. There never was such a place, nor will there ever be. Still, better than Vaikuṇṭha is the place named Vṛndāvana. . .