Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 4.1.49, 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 4 of Chapter 1 (The Story of the Personified Vedas) of Canto 4 (madhurya-khanda).

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

निराशिर् यत-चित्तात्मा
त्यक्त-सर्व-परिग्रहः
शरीरं केवलं कर्म
कुर्वन् नाप्नोति किल्बिषम्

nirāśir yata-cittātmā
tyakta-sarva-parigrahaḥ
śarīraṃ kevalaṃ karma
kurvan nāpnoti kilbiṣam

nirāśiḥ—without desire for results; yatacontrolled; citta-ātmāmind and intelligence; tyaktagiving up; sarvaall; parigrahaḥsense of proprietorship over all possessions; śarīram—in keeping body and soul together; kevalam—only; karmawork; kurvan—doing so; na—never; āpnoti—does not acquire; kilbiṣam—sinful reactions.

English translation of verse 4.1.49:

Such a man of understanding acts with mind and intelligence perfectly controlled, gives up all sense of proprietorship over his possessions and acts only for the bare necessities of life. Thus working, he is not affected by sinful reactions.

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