Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 6.19.18, 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 6 of Chapter 19 (In the First Fortress of Dvaraka, the Glories of Lila-sarovara, Hari-mandira, Jnana-tirtha, Krishna-kunda, Balabhadra-sarah, Ganesha-tirtha, Dana-sthala, and Maya-tirtha) of Canto 6 (dvaraka-khanda).
Verse 6.19.18
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
तस्माद् अश्टादश-पदे
पूर्वस्यां दिशि मैथिल
सर्व-तीर्थोत्तमं पुण्यं
बलभद्र-सरो महत्
tasmād aśṭādaśa-pade
pūrvasyāṃ diśi maithila
sarva-tīrthottamaṃ puṇyaṃ
balabhadra-saro mahat
tasmāt—from that; aśṭādaśa-pade—18 steps; pūrvasyām diśi—to the east; maithila—O king of Mithilā; sarva-tīrthottamam—the best of all holy places; puṇyam—sacred; balabhadra-saraḥ—Balabhadra-saraḥ; mahat—great.
English translation of verse 6.19.18:
O king of Mithilā, eighteens steps to the east is the great lake Balabhadra-saraḥ, the best of all holy places.