Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.13.16, 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 13 (The Story of Shesha) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.13.16
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
राम-भक्तो महा-तेजाः
सर्व-शास्त्रार्थ-दीपकः
रामायणं जगौ यो वै
गरुडाय महात्मने
rāma-bhakto mahā-tejāḥ
sarva-śāstrārtha-dīpakaḥ
rāmāyaṇaṃ jagau yo vai
garuḍāya mahātmane
rāma—of Lord Rāmacandra; bhaktaḥ—a devotee; mahā-tejāḥ—very powerful; sarva—of all; śāstra—scriptures; artha—the meaning; dīpakaḥ—a lamp; rāmāyaṇam—the Rāmāyaṇa; jagau—recited; yaḥ—who; vai—indeed; garuḍāya—to mgaruḍa; mahātmane—the great soul.
English translation of verse 2.13.16:
He was devoted to Lord Rāmacandra. He was very powerful. He was a lamp shining on the meanings of all the scriptures. To Garuḍa he recited the Rāmāyaṇa.