Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.11.10, 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 11 (Description of Shri Krishnacandra’s Birth) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).

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

अंशांशकांशक-कलाद्य्-अवतार-वृन्दाइर्
आवेश-पूर्ण-सहितैश् च परस्य यस्य
सर्गादयः किल भवन्ति तम् एव कृष्णं
पूर्णत् परं तु परिपूर्णतमं नताः स्मः

aṃśāṃśakāṃśaka-kalādy-avatāra-vṛndāir
āveśa-pūrṇa-sahitaiś ca parasya yasya
sargādayaḥ kila bhavanti tam eva kṛṣṇaṃ
pūrṇat paraṃ tu paripūrṇatamaṃ natāḥ smaḥ

aṃśaof a part; aṃśakaof a part; aṃśaka—of a part; kalāa part; ādi—beginning; avatāraof incarnations; vṛndāiḥ—with hosts; āveśaentrance; pūrṇa—full; sahitaiḥ—with; ca—and; parasya—of the Supreme; yasya—of whom; sargacreation; ādayaḥ—beginning with; kilaindeed; bhavantiare; tam—to Him; eva—certainly; kṛṣṇam—to Kṛṣṇa; pūrṇat—than the perfect; param—better; tu—indeed; paripūrṇatamam—most merfect and complete; natāḥ—bowed down; smaḥ—we are.

English translation of verse 1.11.10:

With His aṃśa-avatāra, aṃśāṃśa-avatāra, kalā-avatāra, āveśa-avatāra, pūrṇa-avatāra, and many other avatāras, He creates (maintains, and destroys the material universes). To Him, Lord Kṛṣṇa, the original Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is greater than the pūrṇa-avatāra, we offer our respectful obeisances.

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