Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 3.7.3, 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 7 (The Holy Places of Shri Giriraja) of Canto 3 (giriraja-khanda).
Verse 3.7.3
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
गोप-गोपी-गवां रक्ष-
प्रदं कृष्ण-प्रियो महान्
पूर्ण-ब्रह्मातपत्रो यस्
तस्मात् तीर्थ-वरस् तु कः
gopa-gopī-gavāṃ rakṣa-
pradaṃ kṛṣṇa-priyo mahān
pūrṇa-brahmātapatro yas
tasmāt tīrtha-varas tu kaḥ
gopa-gopī-gavām—of the gopas, gopis, and cows; rakṣa—proetction; pradam—giving; kṛṣṇa-priyaḥ—dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa; mahān—great; pūrṇa—full; brahma—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; atapatraḥ—the parasol; yaḥ—who; tasmāt—from that; tīrtha-varaḥ—the best of holy places; tu—indeed; kaḥ—what?
English translation of verse 3.7.3:
Noble Govardhana Hill is dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa. It is the Supreme Personality of Godhead's parasol. It protects the cows, gopas, and gopīs. What holy place is better than Govardhana Hill?