Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verses 5.14.33-34, 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 5 of Chapter 14 (The Meeting of King Nanda and Uddhava) of Canto 5 (mathura-khanda).

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

परिपुर्नतमे सक्सच् छ्रि-क्र्स्ने पुरुसोत्तमे इद्र्चि च क्र्त भक्तिर् युवभ्यम् प्रेम-लक्सन तिर्थतन-तपो-दन-सग्ख्य-योगैच् च दुर्लभ चच्वति युवयोह् प्रप्त य भक्तिह् प्रेम-लक्सन

paripurnatame saksac chri-krsne purusottame idrci ca krta bhaktir yuvabhyam prema-laksana tirthatana-tapo-dana-sagkhya-yogaic ca durlabha cacvati yuvayoh prapta ya bhaktih prema-laksana

paripurnatame—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; saksac—directly; chri-krsne—Sri Krsna; purusottame—the Supreme Person; idrci—like this; ca—and; krtadid; bhaktih—devotion; yuvabhyam—you both; prema-laksanathe signs of love; tirthatana—pilgrimage; tapahausterity; danachrity; sagkhya—sankhya; yogaih—goga; ca—and; durlabhadificult to attain; cacvati—eternal; yuvayoh—of you both; prapta—attained; ya—which; bhaktih—devotion; prema-laksana -characterized by love.

English translation of verses 5.14.33-34:

The eternal love and devotion you both feel for Lord Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, cannot be attained by pilgrimages, austerity, charity, sagkhya, or yoga.

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