Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 5.14.14, 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 5 of Chapter 14 (The Meeting of King Nanda and Uddhava) of Canto 5 (mathura-khanda).

Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:

हर्तुम् भुवो भरम् अतिव दैवतैह् सम्प्रर्थितम् पुर्नतमम् मह-मते जतम् सतम् रक्सन-तत्-परम् स्वयम् मन्ये हि क्र्स्नम् स-बलम् परत् परम्

hartum bhuvo bharam ativa daivataih samprarthitam purnatamam maha-mate jatam satam raksana-tat-param svayam manye hi krsnam sa-balam parat param

hartum—to do; bhuvah—of the earth; bharam—the burden; ativagreat; daivataih—by Brahma; samprarthitam—requested; purnatamam—most perfect; maha-mate—O noble-hearted one; jatam—born; satam—of the devotees; raksana-tat-param—for the protection; svayam—own; manye—I think; hi—certainly; krsnam—Krsna; sa-balam—with Balarama; parat—than the greatest; param -greater.

English translation of verse 5.14.14:

I think that Lord Krsna is the original Supreme Personality of Godhead, greater than the greatest, and that, requested by the demigod Brahma, He has come here with Balarama to protect the devotees and remove the earth's burden.

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