Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 4.8.1, 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 8 (In the Story of the Yajna-sitas, the Glories of Ekadashi) of Canto 4 (madhurya-khanda).
Verse 4.8.1
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-नारद उवाच
गोपीनां यज्ञ-सीतानां
आख्यानं शृणु मैथिल
सर्व-पाप-हरं पुण्यं
कामदं मङ्गलायनम्
śrī-nārada uvāca
gopīnāṃ yajña-sītānāṃ
ākhyānaṃ śṛṇu maithila
sarva-pāpa-haraṃ puṇyaṃ
kāmadaṃ maṅgalāyanam
śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca—Srī Nārada said; gopīnām—of the gopīs; yajña-sītānām—of the yajna-sītās; ākhyānam—the story; śṛṇu—please hear; maithila—O king of Mithilā; sarva-pāpa-haram—removing all sins; puṇyam—sacred; kāmadam—fufilling desirews; maṅgalāyanam—auspicious.
English translation of verse 4.8.1:
Srī Nārada said: O king of Mithilā, please hear the story of the yajña-sītās that beame gopīs, a sacred and auspicious story that fulfills all desires and removes all sins.