Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 5.21.9, 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 21 (The Story of Shri Narada) of Canto 5 (mathura-khanda).
Verse 5.21.9
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-भगवान् उवाच
अत्रैवोदाहरन्तीमं
इतिहासं पुरातनम्
यस्य श्रवण-मात्रेण
पाप-हानिः परं भवेत्
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
atraivodāharantīmaṃ
itihāsaṃ purātanam
yasya śravaṇa-mātreṇa
pāpa-hāniḥ paraṃ bhavet
śrī-bhagavān uvāca—the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; atra—here; eva—indeed; udāharanti—say; imam—this; itihāsam—history; purātanam—ancient; yasya—of which; śravaṇa-mātreṇa—simply by hearing; pāpa-hāniḥ—the destruction of sins; param—then; bhavet—becomes.
English translation of verse 5.21.9:
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: The sages tell the ancient story of this pastime. When one hears it his sins become destroyed.