Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 4.1.50, 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).
Verse 4.1.50
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
न हि ज्ञानेन सादृशं
पवित्रम् इह विद्यते
तत् स्वयं योग-संसिद्धः
कालेनात्मनि विन्दति
na hi jñānena sādṛśaṃ
pavitram iha vidyate
tat svayaṃ yoga-saṃsiddhaḥ
kālenātmani vindati
na—never; hi—certainly; jñānena—with knowledge; sādṛśam—in comparison; pavitram—sanctified; iha—in this world; vidyate—exists; tat—that; svayam—itself; yoga—devotion; saṃsiddhaḥ—matured; kālena—in course of time; ātmani—in himself; vindati—enjoys.
English translation of verse 4.1.50:
In this world, there is nothing so sublime and pure as transcendental knowledge. Such knowledge is the mature fruit of all mysticsm. And one who has achieved this enjoys the self within himself in due course of time *.