Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.5.38, 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 5 (The Liberation of Bakasura) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).

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

किं किं न जातं महतां
दर्शनात् कौ मुने नृणाम्
पारमेष्ठ्यं च साम्राज्यं
ऐन्द्र-योग-पदं लभेत्

kiṃ kiṃ na jātaṃ mahatāṃ
darśanāt kau mune nṛṇām
pārameṣṭhyaṃ ca sāmrājyaṃ
aindra-yoga-padaṃ labhet

kim—what?; kim—what?; na—not; jātam—born; mahatām—of the saints; darśanāt—from the sight; kau—on earth; mune—O sage; nṛṇām—of men; pārameṣṭhyam—of Brahmā; ca—and; sāmrājyam—the kingdom; aindra-yoga-padamthe post of Indra; labhet—may obtain.

English translation of verse 2.5.38:

O sage, what, what does one not obtain by seeing great saints? By seeing them one obtains Brahmā's kingdom and Indra's station.

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