Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.1.7, 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 1.1.7
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
तस्मान् मे हृदि सम्भूतं
सन्देहं नाशय प्रभो
कतिधा श्री-हरेर् विष्णोर्
अवतारो भवत्य् अलम्
tasmān me hṛdi sambhūtaṃ
sandehaṃ nāśaya prabho
katidhā śrī-harer viṣṇor
avatāro bhavaty alam
tasmāt—therefore; me—my; hṛdi—in the heart; sambhūtam—born; sandeham—doubt; nāśaya—please destroy; prabhaḥ—O lord; katidhā—how many?; śrī-hareḥ—who removes all that is inauspicious; of Śrī Hari; viṣṇoḥ—of Viṣṇu; avatāraḥ—incarnations; bhavati—are; alam—many.
English translation of verse 1.1.7:
Therefore, O lord, please destroy the doubt in my heart. How often does Lord Viṣṇu, who removes all that is inauspicious, descend to this world?