Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.16.12, 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 16 (The Worship of Tulasi) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.16.12
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
रोपनात् पालनात् सेकाद्
दर्शनात् स्पर्शनान् नृणाम्
तुलसी दहते पापं
वाङ्-मनः-काय-सञ्चितम्
ropanāt pālanāt sekād
darśanāt sparśanān nṛṇām
tulasī dahate pāpaṃ
vāṅ-manaḥ-kāya-sañcitam
ropanāt—from planting; pālanāt—from maintaining; sekāt—from watering; darśanāt—from seeing; sparśanān—from touching; nṛṇām—of men; tulasī—Tulasī; dahate—burns; pāpam—sin; vāk—words; manaḥ—mind; kāya—body; citam—accumulated.
English translation of verse 2.16.12:
For persons who plant, protect, water, see, or touch her, Tulasī burns the sins committed with the body, mind, and words.