Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 3.1.9, 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).

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

ततस् तम् आश्रित्य सु-कर्मभिः परं
भजेद् धरिं यज्ञा-पतिं सुरेश्वरम्
विश्र्ज्य सर्वं मनसा कृतेः फलं
व्रजेत् परं मोक्षम् असौ न चान्यथा

tatas tam āśritya su-karmabhiḥ paraṃ
bhajed dhariṃ yajñā-patiṃ sureśvaram
viśrjya sarvaṃ manasā kṛteḥ phalaṃ
vrajet paraṃ mokṣam asau na cānyathā

tataḥthen; tam—him; āśrityataking shelter; su-karmabhiḥ—by karma; param—suopreme; bhajet—worship; dharim—Lord Hari; yajñā-patim—the master of sacrifices; sureśvaram—the master of the demigods; viśrjya—abandoning; sarvam—all; manasāby the mind; kṛteḥ—done; phalam—result; vrajet—obtains; param—ultimate; mokṣam—liberation; asau—he; na—not; ca—and; anyathāotherwise.

English translation of verse 3.1.9:

With all their heart renouncing all material pious results, the wise take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and worship Him with the best of pious deeds. They, and not others, attain final liberation.

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