Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 3.1.15, 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 3 of Chapter 1 (The Worship of Shri Giriraja) of Canto 3 (giriraja-khanda).

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

श्री-भगवान् उवाच
आलिप्य गो-मयेनापि
गिरि-राज-भुवं ह्य् अधः
धृत्वाथ सर्व-सम्भारं
भक्ति-योगो जितेन्द्रियः

śrī-bhagavān uvāca
ālipya go-mayenāpi
giri-rāja-bhuvaṃ hy adhaḥ
dhṛtvātha sarva-sambhāraṃ
bhakti-yogo jitendriyaḥ

śrī-bhagavān uvāca—the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; ālipyaanointing; go-mayena—with cow-dung; api—even; giri-rāja-bhuvam—the ground of the king of mountains; hy—indeed; adhaḥbeneath; dhṛtvātha—accepting; sarva-sambhāram—all ingredients; bhakti-yogaḥdevotional service; jitaconquered; indriyaḥ—the senses.

English translation of verse 3.1.15:

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: A person who controls his senses and engages in devotional service should collect the ingredients for the worship, anoint Govardhana Hill with cow-dung, . . .

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