Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.2.50, 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 2 (Description of Giriraja Govardhana’s Birth) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.2.50
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
यावद् भागिरथी गङ्गा
यावद् गोवर्धनो गिरिः
तावत् कलेः प्रभावस् तु
भविष्यति न कर्हिचित्
yāvad bhāgirathī gaṅgā
yāvad govardhano giriḥ
tāvat kaleḥ prabhāvas tu
bhaviṣyati na karhicit
yāvat—as; bhāgirathī—the the daughter of King Bhagiratha; gaṅgā—the Ganges; yāvat—as; govardhanaḥ—Govardhana; giriḥ—Mount; tāvat—so; kaleḥ—of Kali-yuga; prabhāvaḥ—the power; tu—indeed; bhaviṣyati—will be; na—not; karhicit—at all.
English translation of verse 2.2.50:
As long as the Bhāgīrthī Ganges is present, and as long as Mount Govardhana is present, the power of Kali-yuga will not be present.