Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 3.1.5, 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 3 of Chapter 1 (The Worship of Shri Giriraja) of Canto 3 (giriraja-khanda).
Verse 3.1.5
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-भगवान् उवाच
शक्रस्य पूजनं ह्य् एतत्
किं फलं चास्य विद्यते
लौकिकं वा वदन्त्य् एतद्
अथवा पर-लौकिकम्
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
śakrasya pūjanaṃ hy etat
kiṃ phalaṃ cāsya vidyate
laukikaṃ vā vadanty etad
athavā para-laukikam
śrī-bhagavān uvāca—the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; śakrasya—of Indra; pūjanam—worship; hy—indeed; etat—this; kim—what?; phalam—result; ca—and; asya—of this; vidyate—is; laukikam—of the material world; vā—or; vadanty—say; etat—this; athavā—or; para-laukikam—beyond the material world.
English translation of verse 3.1.5:
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: What is the result of this worship of Indra? Do they say it brings a material result or a spiritual result?