Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 4.9.20, 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 9 (The Glories of Sri Ekadashi) of Canto 4 (madhurya-khanda).

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

हरिश्चन्द्रेण राज्ञापि
कृतम् एकादशी-व्रतम्
तेन लब्ध्वा मही-राज्यं
वैकुण्ठं स-पुरो ययौ

hariścandreṇa rājñāpi
kṛtam ekādaśī-vratam
tena labdhvā mahī-rājyaṃ
vaikuṇṭhaṃ sa-puro yayau

hariścandreṇa rājñā—by King hariscandra; api—also; kṛtam—done; ekādaśī-vratam—ekādaśī; tena—by that; labdhvā—attaining; mahī-rājyam—a great kingdom; vaikuṇṭham—to Vaikuṇṭha; sa-puraḥ—with his citizens; yayau—went.

English translation of verse 4.9.20:

By following ekādaśī, King Hariścandra attained a great kingdom and, taking all his subjects with him, went to Vaikuṇṭha.

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