Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 3.7.14, 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).

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

गोपानाम् उष्णिषान्य् अत्र
चोरयाम् आस माधवः
औष्णिषं नाम तत् तीर्थं
महा-पाप-हरं गिरौ

gopānām uṣṇiṣāny atra
corayām āsa mādhavaḥ
auṣṇiṣaṃ nāma tat tīrthaṃ
mahā-pāpa-haraṃ girau

gopānām—of the gopas; uṣṇiṣāny—the turbans; atra—here; corayām āsa—stole; mādhavaḥKṛṣṇa; auṣṇiṣam—auṣṇiṣa; nāmanamed; tat—that; tīrtham—holy place; mahā-pāpa-haram—removing the greatest sins; girau—on the hill.

English translation of verse 3.7.14:

The place on Govardhana Hill where Lord Kṛṣṇa stole the gopas' turbans is called Auṣniṣa-tīrtha. It removes the greatest sins.

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