Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.16.31, 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).

 

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

कोटि-भारं सुवर्णणं
गर्गाचार्याय सा ददौ
शत-भारं सुवर्णानां
मुक्तानां च तथैव हि
भक्त्या परमया राधा
ब्राह्मणे ब्राह्मणे ददौ

koṭi-bhāraṃ suvarṇaṇaṃ
gargācāryāya sā dadau
śata-bhāraṃ suvarṇānāṃ
muktānāṃ ca tathaiva hi
bhaktyā paramayā rādhā
brāhmaṇe brāhmaṇe dadau

koṭi-bhāram—ten millions bharas; suvarṇaṇam—of gold; gargācāryāya—to Garga Muni; sā—She; dadau—gave; śata-bhāram—a hundred bharas; suvarṇānām—of gold; muktānām—of pearls; ca—and; tathā—so; eva—certainly; hi—certainly; bhaktyā—devotion; paramayā—with great; rādhā—Rādhā; brāhmaṇe brāhmaṇe—to each brāhmaṇa; dadau—gave.

English translation of verse 2.16.31:

Rādhā gave ten million bhāras of gold to Garga Muni. With great devotion She gave a hundred bhāras of gold and pearls to each brāhmaṇa.

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