Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 3.1.24, 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 3.1.24
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
षट्-पञ्चाशत्तमैर् भागैर्
कुर्यात् सेवां समाहितः
ततो ऽग्नीन् ब्राह्मणान् पूज्य
गाः सुरान् गन्ध-पुष्पकैः
ṣaṭ-pañcāśattamair bhāgair
kuryāt sevāṃ samāhitaḥ
tato 'gnīn brāhmaṇān pūjya
gāḥ surān gandha-puṣpakaiḥ
ṣaṭ-pañcāśattamaiḥ—with fifty-six; bhāgaiḥ—kinds; kuryāt—should do; sevām—service; samāhitaḥ—with a peaceful heart; tataḥ—then; agnīn—the fire-gods; brāhmaṇān—the brāhmaṇas; pūjya—worshipinf; gāḥ—the cows; surān—the demigods; gandha-puṣpakaiḥ—with fragrant flowers.
English translation of verse 3.1.24:
Then, with a peaceful heart, he should serve Govardhana Hill by offering it a feast of fifty-six kinds of food. Then with fragrant flowers he should worship the fire-gods, brāhmaṇas, cows, and demigods.