Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.1.50, 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 2 of Chapter 1 (Description of the Entrance in Vrindavana) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.1.50
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-धरोवाच
स्थावराणां तु रचना
ममोपरि समास्थिता
अन्यास्ति किं वा धरणी
त्व् अहं हि धारणामयी
śrī-dharovāca
sthāvarāṇāṃ tu racanā
mamopari samāsthitā
anyāsti kiṃ vā dharaṇī
tv ahaṃ hi dhāraṇāmayī
śrī-dharā uvāca—the earth said; sthāvarāṇām—of steady places; tu—indeed; racanā—created; mama-—me; upari—above; samāsthitā—situated; anyā—another; asti—is; kim—what?; vā—or; dharaṇī—the earth; tv—indeed; aham—I; hi—indeed; dhāraṇāmayi—steadfast.
English translation of verse 2.1.50:
The earth-goddess said: All immovable things rest on me. What other thing is their steady resting-place? It is I on which all things rest.