Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 3.2.27, 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 2 (The Great Festival of Shri Giriraja) of Canto 3 (giriraja-khanda).

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

श्री-कृष्णचन्द्रस्य परं चरित्रं
गिरीन्द्र-राजस्य महोत्सवं च
मया तवाग्रे कथितं विचित्रं
नृणां महा-पाप-हरं पवित्रम्

śrī-kṛṣṇacandrasya paraṃ caritraṃ
girīndra-rājasya mahotsavaṃ ca
mayā tavāgre kathitaṃ vicitraṃ
nṛṇāṃ mahā-pāpa-haraṃ pavitram

śrī-kṛṣṇacandrasya—of Śrī Kṛṣṇacandra; param—transcendental; caritram—pastime; girīndra-rājasya—of the king of the kings of mountains; mahotsavam—the great festuival; ca—and; mayāby me; tava—of you; agre—in th epresence; kathitam—spoken; vicitram—wonderful; nṛṇām—of people; mahā-pāpagreat sins; haram—removing; pavitram—purifying.

English translation of verse 3.2.27:

In this way I have described to you Śrī Kṛṣṇacandra's transcendental pastime of offering a great festival to worship Govardhana Hill, the king of the kings of mountains. This wonderful and purifying narration frees the people from the greatest sins.

.pa Chapter Three Śrī Govardhanoddharaṇa The Lifting of Śrī Govardhana

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