Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.9.13, 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 9 (Brahma’s Prayers) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.9.13
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
वक्तैश् चतुर्भिस् त्व् अहम् एव देवः
श्री-पञ्चवक्त्रः किल पञ्च-वक्त्रैः
सहस्रशीर्षस् तु सहस्र-वक्त्रैर्
यं स्तौति सेवां कुरुते च तस्य
vaktaiś caturbhis tv aham eva devaḥ
śrī-pañcavaktraḥ kila pañca-vaktraiḥ
sahasraśīrṣas tu sahasra-vaktrair
yaṃ stauti sevāṃ kurute ca tasya
vaktaiḥ—with mouths; caturbhiḥ—four; tv—indeed; aham—I; eva—indeed; devaḥ—the lord; śrī-pañcavaktraḥ—Śiva; kila—indeed; pañca—with five; vaktraiḥ—mouths; sahasraśīrṣaḥ—Ananta; tu—indeed; sahasra—with a thousand; vaktraiḥ—mouths; yam—whom; stauti—praise; sevām—service; kurute—do; ca—and; tasya—of Him.
English translation of verse 2.9.13:
Ananta praises Him with a thousand mouths, Śiva with five mouths and I with four mouths. We serve Lord Hari.