Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.16.15, 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 2.16.15
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
तुलसी-कष्ठ-जं यस् तु
चन्दनं धारयेन् नरः
तद् देहं न स्पृशेत् पापं
क्रियमाणम् अपीह यत्
tulasī-kaṣṭha-jaṃ yas tu
candanaṃ dhārayen naraḥ
tad dehaṃ na spṛśet pāpaṃ
kriyamāṇam apīha yat
tulasī—Tulasī; kaṣṭha—wood; jam—born; yaḥ—one who; tu—indeed; candanam—sandal paste; dhārayen—wears; naraḥ—a person; tat—that; deham—body; na—not; spṛśet—touches; pāpam—sin; kriyamānam—doing; api—even; iha—here; yat—which.
English translation of verse 2.16.15:
Sin does not touch the the body of a sinner anointed with Tulasī-paste.