Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.12.50, 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 12 (Description of Shri Nanda’s Festival) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).

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

परिपूर्णतमं साक्षाच्
छ्री-कृष्णं बाल-रूपिणम्
नत्वा दृष्ट्वा तदा देवास्
चक्रुस् तस्य स्तुतिं पराम्

paripūrṇatamaṃ sākṣāc
chrī-kṛṣṇaṃ bāla-rūpiṇam
natvā dṛṣṭvā tadā devās
cakrus tasya stutiṃ parām

paripūrṇatamam—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sākṣātdirectly; śrī-kṛṣṇam—Śrī Kṛṣṇa; bāla-rūpiṇam—in the form of a child; natvā—offering obeisances; dṛṣṭvāseeing; tadāthen; devāḥ—the demigods; cakruḥ—did; tasya—to Him; stutim—prayers; parām—excellent.

English translation of verse 1.12.50:

After offering obeisances to Him and gazing at Him, the demigods offered many eloquent prayers to Śrī Kṛṣṇa who, although manifesting the form of a child, was the original Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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