Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 6.9.3, 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 6 of Chapter 9 (The Arrival of Shri Dvaraka) of Canto 6 (dvaraka-khanda).

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

श्री-नारद उवाच
साधु साधु त्वया पृश्टं
द्वारकागम-कारणम्
यच् छ्रुत्वा शुद्धतां याति
लोक-घात्य् अपि पातकी

śrī-nārada uvāca
sādhu sādhu tvayā pṛśṭaṃ
dvārakāgama-kāraṇam
yac chrutvā śuddhatāṃ yāti
loka-ghāty api pātakī

śrī-nārada uvāca—Śrī Nārada said; sādhuwell done; sādhu—well don; tvayā— by you; pṛśṭam—asked; dvārakāof Dvārakā; āgamaarrival; kāraṇam—the reason; yat—which; śhrutvā—hearing; śuddhatām—purity; yātiattains; loka- ghāty—a murderer; api—even; pātakīa sinner.

English translation of verse 6.9.3:

Śrī Nārada said: Excellent. You have asked an excellent question. By hearing the reason for Dvārakā's arrival on this earth, even a great sinner, or even a murderer becomes pure at heart.

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