Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.4.10, 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 4 (Description of Questions About the Lord’s Appearance) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).
Verse 1.4.10
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-भगवान् उवाच
अर्बुदं दश-कोटीनां
मुनिभिः कथितं विधे
दशार्बुदं यत्र भवेत्
सो ऽपि यूथः प्रकथ्यते
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
arbudaṃ daśa-koṭīnāṃ
munibhiḥ kathitaṃ vidhe
daśārbudaṃ yatra bhavet
so 'pi yūthaḥ prakathyate
śrī-bhagavān uvāca—the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; arbudam—a hundred million; daśa—ten; koṭīnāṃ—ten million; munibhiḥ—by sages; kathitam—said; vidhe—O Brahmā; daśa—ten; arbudam—a hundred million; yatra—where; bhavet—may be; saḥ—that; api—also; yūthaḥ—group; prakathyate—is said.
English translation of verse 1.4.10:
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: O Brahmā, the sages say that the number one hundred million is called one arbuda. In each group there are ten arbudas (one million).