Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.16.28, 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 16 (Description of Shri Radhika’s Wedding) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).

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

श्यामं च गौरं विदितं द्विधा महस्
तवैव साक्षात् पुरुषोत्तमोत्तमम्
गोलोक-धामाधिपतिं परेशं
परात् परं त्वं शरणं व्रजाम्य् अहम्

śyāmaṃ ca gauraṃ viditaṃ dvidhā mahas
tavaiva sākṣāt puruṣottamottamam
goloka-dhāmādhipatiṃ pareśaṃ
parāt paraṃ tvaṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajāmy aham

śyāmam—dark; ca—and; gauram—fair; viditam—known; dvidhāin two; mahaḥsplendor; tava—of You; eva—indeed; sākṣātdirectly; puruṣottamottamam—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; goloka-dhāmathe abode of Goloka; adhipatim—the master; pareśam—the Supreme Lord; parāt—than the greatest; param—greater; tvam—You; śaraṇaṃ vrajāmy aham—I take shelter.

English translation of verse 1.16.28:

I take shelter of You, who are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, greater than the greatest, the master of Goloka-dhāma, and who now appear as a fair and a dark splendor.

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