Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.1.27, 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 1.1.27
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
पूर्णः पुराणः पुरुषोत्तमोत्तमः
परात् परो यः पुरुषः परेश्वरः
स्वयं सदानन्दमयं कृपाकरं
गुणाकरं तं शरणं व्रजाम्य् अहम्
pūrṇaḥ purāṇaḥ puruṣottamottamaḥ
parāt paro yaḥ puruṣaḥ pareśvaraḥ
svayaṃ sadānandamayaṃ kṛpākaraṃ
guṇākaraṃ taṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajāmy aham
pūrṇaḥ—perfect; purāṇaḥ—ancient; puruṣa—of persons; uttama—of the best; uttamaḥ—the best; parāt—than the greatest; paraḥ—greater; yaḥ—who; puruṣaḥ—the Supreme Person; para—of the exalted; īśvaraḥ—the master; svayam—personally; sat-ānandamayam—full of transcendental bliss; kṛpā—of mercy; ākaram—mine; guṇa—of transcendental virtues; ākaram—a mine; tam—of Him; śaraṇam vrajāmi aham—I take shelter.
English translation of verse 1.1.27:
He is perfect and complete. He is the oldest. He is the most exalted of exalted persons. He is greater than the greatest. He is the Supreme Person. He is the master of the exalted. Of He who is full of bliss, who is jewel-mine of mercy, who is a jewel-mine of transcendental virtues, I take shelter.