Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verses 3.10.28-30, 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 10 (The Glory of Shri Giriraja) of Canto 3 (giriraja-khanda).

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

चित्रकूटे पयस्विन्यां
श्री-राम-नवमी-दिने
परियात्रे तृतीयायां
वैशाखस्य द्विजोत्तम
कुकुराद्रौ च पूर्णायां
निलाद्रौ द्वादशी-दिने
इन्द्रकीले च सप्तम्यां
स्नानं दानं तपः क्रिया
तत् सर्वं कोटि-गुणितं
भवतीत्थं हि भारते
गोवर्धने तु तत् सर्वं
अनन्तं जायते द्विज

citrakūṭe payasvinyāṃ
śrī-rāma-navamī-dine
pariyātre tṛtīyāyāṃ
vaiśākhasya dvijottama
kukurādrau ca pūrṇāyāṃ
nilādrau dvādaśī-dine
indrakīle ca saptamyāṃ
snānaṃ dānaṃ tapaḥ kriyā
tat sarvaṃ koṭi-guṇitaṃ
bhavatītthaṃ hi bhārate
govardhane tu tat sarvaṃ
anantaṃ jāyate dvija

citrakūṭe—on Citrakūṭa; payasvinyām—in Payasvini; śrī-rāma-navamī-dine—on Śrī Rāma-navamī day; pariyātre—pilgrimage; tṛtīyāyām—on the third; vaiśākhasya—during Visakha; dvijottamaO best of brāhmaṇas; kukurādrau—on Mount Kukura; ca—and; pūrṇāyām—during the full moon day; nilādrau—on Mount Nila; dvādaśī-dine—on the dvadasi day; indrakīle—on Indrakila; ca—and; saptamyām—on the saptami; snānam—bath; dānamcharity; tapaḥasterity; kriyāpious deed; tat—that; sarvam—all; koṭi-guṇitam—multiplied by ten million times; bhavatiis; ittham—thus; hi—indeed; bhārate—in Bharata varsa; govardhane—on Govardhana Hill; tu—but; tat—that; sarvam—all; anantam—endless; jāyate—is manifested; dvijaO brāhmaṇa.

English translation of verses 3.10.28-30:

O best of brāhmaṇas, bathing in sacred rivers, giving charity, performing austerities, and performing pious deeds, all these performed during Śrī Rāma-navamī on Mount Citrakūṭa, during the third day of Viśākhā on Pariyātra, during the full-moon on Mount Kukura, during Dvādaśī on Mount Nīla, or during Saptamī at Indrakīla bring a great pious result. That pious result is multiplied ten million times by visiting Bhārata-varṣa. It is multiplied unlimited times by visiting Govardhana Hill.

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