Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 3.1.27, 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 3.1.27
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
यत्र गोवर्धनाभावस्
तत्र पूजा-विधिं शृणु
गो-मयैर् वर्धनं कुर्यात्
तद्-आकारं परोन्नतम्
yatra govardhanābhāvas
tatra pūjā-vidhiṃ śṛṇu
go-mayair vardhanaṃ kuryāt
tad-ākāraṃ paronnatam
yatra—where; govardhana—Govardhana Hill; abhāvaḥ—is not; tatra—there; pūjā-vidhim—the method of worship; śṛṇu—hear; go-mayaiḥ—with cow-dung; vardhanam—increased; kuryāt—should do; tad-ākāram—the form of Govardhana Hill; para-unnatam—lofty.
English translation of verse 3.1.27:
Now please hear how this worship should be performed when one is not near Govardhana Hill. One should make from cow-dung a model of Govardhana Hill.