Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.3.22, 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 3 (Description of the Yamuna’s Arrival) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).

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

श्री-यमुनोवाच
हे गङ्गे त्वं तु धन्यासि
सर्व-ब्रह्माण्ड-पावनी
कृष्ण-पादाब्ज-सम्भूता
सर्व-लोकैक-वन्दिता

śrī-yamunovāca
he gaṅge tvaṃ tu dhanyāsi
sarva-brahmāṇḍa-pāvanī
kṛṣṇa-pādābja-sambhūtā
sarva-lokaika-vanditā

śrī-yamunā uvāca—Śrī Yamunā said; he—O; gaṅge—Gaṅgā; tvam—you; tu—indeed; dhanyāfortunate; asi—are; sarvaall; brahmāṇḍauniverses; pāvanīpurifying; kṛṣṇaof Lord Kṛṣṇa; pādābja—from the lotus feet; sambhūtā—born; sarva—by all; lokapeople; eka—alone; vanditā—offered respects.

English translation of verse 2.3.22:

Śrī Yamunā said: O Gaṅgā, you are fortunate. You purify all the universes. You were born from Lord Kṛṣṇa's lotus foot. Everyone bows down before you alone.

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