Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.13.18, 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 13 (The Liberation of Putana) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).
Verse 1.13.18
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
चिबुकं कपिलः पातु
दत्तात्रेय उरो ऽवतु
स्कन्धौ द्वाव् ऋषभः पातु
करौ मत्स्यः प्रपातु ते
cibukaṃ kapilaḥ pātu
dattātreya uro 'vatu
skandhau dvāv ṛṣabhaḥ pātu
karau matsyaḥ prapātu te
cibukam—chin; kapilaḥ—Kapila; pātu—may protect; dattātreya—Dattātreya; uraḥ—chest; avatu—may protect; skandhau—shoulders; dvau—two; ṛṣabhaḥ—Ṛṣabha; pātu—may protect; karau—hands; matsyaḥ—Matsya; prapātu—may protect; te—Your.
English translation of verse 1.13.18:
May Lord Kapila protect Your chin. May Lord Dattātreya protect Your chest.
May Lord Ṛṣabha protect both Your shoulders. May Lord Matsya protect Your hands.