Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 3.8.12, 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 8 (The Opulences of Shri Giriraja) of Canto 3 (giriraja-khanda).

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

कुवेर-तीर्थं चोद्योगं
ब्रह्म-तीर्थं प्रसन्नताम्
यम-तीर्थे ह्य् अहङ्कारं
वदन्तीत्थं पुर-विदः

kuvera-tīrthaṃ codyogaṃ
brahma-tīrthaṃ prasannatām
yama-tīrthe hy ahaṅkāraṃ
vadantītthaṃ pura-vidaḥ

kuvera-tīrtham—Kuvera-tīrtha; ca—and; udyogam—determination; brahma-tīrtham—Brahma-tirtha; prasannatām—cheerfulness; yama-tīrthe—Yama-tirtha; hy—indeed; ahaṅkāram—ego; vadanti—say; ittham—thus; pura-vidaḥ—the wise.

English translation of verse 3.8.12:

The wise say that Kuvera-tīrtha is Govardhana Hill's determination, Brahma-tīrtha its cheerfulness, and Yama-tīrtha its ego.

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