Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.13.23, 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).

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

श्री-भगवान् उवाच
भू-मण्डलं समाधातुं
सामर्थ्यं कस्यचिन् न हि
तस्माद् एनं मही-गोलं
मूर्ध्नि त्वं हि समुद्धर

śrī-bhagavān uvāca
bhū-maṇḍalaṃ samādhātuṃ
sāmarthyaṃ kasyacin na hi
tasmād enaṃ mahī-golaṃ
mūrdhni tvaṃ hi samuddhara

śrī-bhagavān uvāca—the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; bhū-maṇḍalam—the earth; samādhātum—to hold up; sāmarthyam—ability; kasyacit—of someone; na—not; hi—indeed; tasmāt—from that; enam—this; mahī-golam—the earth; mūrdhni—on the head; tvam—You; hi—indeed; samuddharaplease hold.

English translation of verse 2.13.23:

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: No one else has the power to hold up the planets of Bhū-maṇḍala. You please carry these planets on Your head.

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