Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.1.26, 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).

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

परिपूर्णतमः साक्षाच्
छ्री-कृष्णो नान्य एव हि
एक-कार्यार्थम् आगत्य
कोटि-कार्यं चकार ह

paripūrṇatamaḥ sākṣāc
chrī-kṛṣṇo nānya eva hi
eka-kāryārtham āgatya
koṭi-kāryaṃ cakāra ha

paripūrṇatamaḥ—paripūrṇatama; sākṣātdirectly; śrī-kṛṣṇaḥŚrī Kṛṣṇa; na—not; anyaḥanother; eva—certainly; hi—indeed; eka—one; kāryamission; arthamfor the purpose; āgatya—coming; koṭimillions; kāryam—mission; cakāradid; ha—indeed.

English translation of verse 1.1.26:

The Lord's original, paripūrṇatama form is Śrī Kṛṣṇa and no one else. Coming (to this world) to execute one mission, He executes millions of missions.

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