Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 3.1.30, 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 3.1.30
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
शालग्रामस्य देवस्य
सेवनं कारयेत् सदा
पातकं न स्पृशेत् तं वै
पद्म-पत्रं यथा जलम्
śālagrāmasya devasya
sevanaṃ kārayet sadā
pātakaṃ na spṛśet taṃ vai
padma-patraṃ yathā jalam
śālagrāmasya—of Śālagrāma; devasya—of the Lord; sevanam—service; kārayet—should do; sadā—regularly; pātakam—to hell; na—not; spṛśet—may touch; tam—him; vai—indeed; padma—lotus; patram—leaf; yathā—as; jalam—water.
English translation of verse 3.1.30:
A person who regularly worships the Lord's form as Śālagrāma-śilā is not touched by hell as a lotus leaf is not touched by water.