Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.14.55, 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 14 (The Liberation of Shakatasura and Trinavarta) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).

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

कटिं राधा-पतिः पातु
पीत-वासस् तवोदरम्
हृदयं पद्म-नाभश् च
भुजौ गोवर्धनोद्धरः

kaṭiṃ rādhā-patiḥ pātu
pīta-vāsas tavodaram
hṛdayaṃ padma-nābhaś ca
bhujau govardhanoddharaḥ

kaṭim—hips; rādhā-patiḥthe Lord of Rādhā; pātumay protect; pīta-vāsaḥwho wears yellow garments; tava—Your; udaram—abdomen; hṛdayam—chest; padma-nābhaḥthe Lord whose navel is a lotus; ca—and; bhujau—arms; govardhana-uddharaḥ—the lifter of Govardhana Hill.

English translation of verse 1.14.55:

May the Lord of Rādhā protect Your hips. May the Lord who wears yellow garments protect Your abdomen. May the Lord whose navel is a lotus flower protect Your chest. May the Lord who lifted Govardhana Hill protect Your arms.

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