Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 3.1.31, 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 3 of Chapter 1 (The Worship of Shri Giriraja) of Canto 3 (giriraja-khanda).
Verse 3.1.31
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
गिरि-राज-शिला-सेवां
यः करोति द्विजोत्तमः
सप्त-द्वीप-महि-तीर्था-
वगाह-फलम् एति सः
giri-rāja-śilā-sevāṃ
yaḥ karoti dvijottamaḥ
sapta-dvīpa-mahi-tīrthā-
vagāha-phalam eti saḥ
giri-rāja—of Govardhana Hill; śilā—stone; sevām—service; yaḥ—one who; karoti—does; dvijottamaḥ—the best of brāhmaṇas; sapta-dvīpa—of the seven continents; mahi-tīrtha—in the great holy places; avagāha—of bathing; phalam—the result; eti—attains; saḥ—he.
English translation of verse 3.1.31:
An exalted brāhmaṇa who reularly serves a stone from Govardhana Hill attains the result of having bathed in all the holy rivers and lakes in the seven worlds.