Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.1.1, 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 1 (Description of Shri-Krishna’s Glories) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).
Verse 1.1.1
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
ओं नारायणं नमस्कृत्य
नरं चैव नरोत्तमम्
देवीं सरस्वतीं व्यासं
ततो जयम् उदीरयेत्
oṃ nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya
naraṃ caiva narottamam
devīṃ sarasvatīṃ vyāsaṃ
tato jayam udīrayet
om—Om; nārāyaṇam—the Personality of Godhead; namaskṛtya—after offering respectful obeisances; naram ca eva—and Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi; narottamam—the supermost human being; devīm—the goddess; sarasvatīm—the mistress of learning; vyāsam—Vyāsadeva; tataḥ—thereafter; jayam—all that is meant for conquering; udīrayet—be announced.
English translation of verse 1.1.1:
Before reciting this Garga-saṃhitā, which is the very means of conquest, one should offer respectful obeisances unto the Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa, unto Nara-Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi, the supermost human being, unto mother Sarasvatī, the goddess of learning, and unto Śrīla Vyāsadeva *.