Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.15.21, 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 15 (Revelation of the Universal Form to Nanda’s Wife) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).

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

मत्-पुत्र-नाम-करणं
कुरु द्विज महा-मुने
पुण्यैस् तीर्थैश् च दुष्प्राप्यं
भवद्-आगमनं प्रभो

mat-putra-nāma-karaṇaṃ
kuru dvija mahā-mune
puṇyais tīrthaiś ca duṣprāpyaṃ
bhavad-āgamanaṃ prabho

mat—my; putrason's; nāma-karaṇam—name-giving ceremony; kuruplease perform; dvijaO brāhmaṇa; mahā-mune—O great sage; puṇyaiḥ—sacred; tīrthaiḥ—by pilgrimages; ca—also; duṣprāpyam—difficult to attain; bhavatof you; āgamanam—the arrival; prabhaḥ—O lord.

English translation of verse 1.15.21:

O great brāhmaṇa sage, please perform my son's name-giving ceremony. O lord, even by many sacred pilgrimages one cannot attain what is attained by your visit.

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