Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.3.15, 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 3 (Description of the Lord’s Appearance) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).

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

श्री-देवा ऊचुः
कृष्णाय पूर्ण-पुरुषाय परात् पराय
यज्ञेश्वराय पर-कारण-कारणाय
राधा-वराय परिपूर्णतमाय साक्षाद्-
गोलोक-धाम-धिषणाय नमः परस्मै

śrī-devā ūcuḥ
kṛṣṇāya pūrṇa-puruṣāya parāt parāya
yajñeśvarāya para-kāraṇa-kāraṇāya
rādhā-varāya paripūrṇatamāya sākṣād-
goloka-dhāma-dhiṣaṇāya namaḥ parasmai

śrī-devāsthe demigods; ūcuḥ—said; kṛṣṇāya—to Kṛṣṇa; pūrṇa-puruṣāya—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; parāt—than the greatest; parāya—greater; yajñeśvarāya—the Lord of sacrifices; para-kāraṇa-kāraṇāya—the cause of causes; rādhā-varāya—the lover of Rādhā; paripūrṇatamāya—the original Lord; sākṣād-goloka-dhāma-dhiṣaṇāya—who resides in Goloka; namaḥ—obeisances; parasmai—to the Supreme.

English translation of verse 1.3.15:

The demigods said: Obeisances to Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, greater than the greatest, the master of sacrifices, the cause of causes, the lover of Rādhā, the most perfect, and the Lord who resides in Goloka.

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