Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.2.24, 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 2 (Description of Giriraja Govardhana’s Birth) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.2.24
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
विश्वेश्वरस्य देवस्य
काशी-नाम्ना महा-पुरी
यत्र पापी मृतः सद्यः
परं मोक्षं प्रयाति हि
viśveśvarasya devasya
kāśī-nāmnā mahā-purī
yatra pāpī mṛtaḥ sadyaḥ
paraṃ mokṣaṃ prayāti hi
viśveśvarasya—of Viśveśvara; devasya—Lord; kāśī-nāmnā—named kasi; mahā-purī—great city; yatra—where; pāpī—a sinner; mṛtaḥ—does; sadyaḥ—at once; param—ultimate; mokṣam—liberation; prayāti—attains; hi—indeed.
English translation of verse 2.2.24:
The great city named Kāśī is the home of Lord Viśveśvara. A sinner who dies there at once attains liberation.