Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 4.8.25, 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 4.8.25
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
कथाः श्रुत्वा ब्राह्मणेभ्यो
दद्यात् सद्-दक्षिणां पुनः
रात्रौ जागरणं कुर्याद्
गायन् कृष्ण-पदानि च
kathāḥ śrutvā brāhmaṇebhyo
dadyāt sad-dakṣiṇāṃ punaḥ
rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kuryād
gāyan kṛṣṇa-padāni ca
kathāḥ—stories; śrutvā—haering; brāhmaṇebhyaḥ—from the brāhmaṇa; dadyāt—should give; sad-dakṣiṇām—daksina; punaḥ—again; rātrau—at night; jāgaraṇam—staying awake; kuryāt—should do; gāyan—singing; kṛṣṇa-padāni—verses praising Lord Kṛṣṇa; ca—and.
English translation of verse 4.8.25:
From the brāhmaṇas one should hear the stories of Lord Kṛṣṇa. One should offer dakṣiṇā to them. One should keep a vigil, singing the glories of Lord Kṛṣṇa throughout the night.