Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 3.9.8, 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 9 (The Birth of Shri Giriraja) of Canto 3 (giriraja-khanda).
Verse 3.9.8
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
तद्-उत्सङ्गे महा-लोको
गोलोको लोक-वन्दितः
यं प्राप्य भक्ति-सम्युक्तः
पुनर् आवर्तते न हि
tad-utsaṅge mahā-loko
goloko loka-vanditaḥ
yaṃ prāpya bhakti-samyuktaḥ
punar āvartate na hi
tad-utsaṅge—on His lap; mahā-lokaḥ—the great realm; golokaḥ—Goloka; loka-vanditaḥ—worshiped by all the worlds; yam—which; prāpya—attaining; bhakti-samyuktaḥ—a devotee; punaḥ—again; āvartate—returns; na—not; hi—indeed.
English translation of verse 3.9.8:
The Lord's realm, Goloka, is worshiped by all the worlds. A devotee who goes there never returns to the world of birth and death.