Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 6.10.24, 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 10 (In the Description of the Gomati River, the Glories of Cakra-tirtha) of Canto 6 (dvaraka-khanda).

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

अध्वरावभृत-स्नातो
राज-राजो महा-मनाः
परं भागं च देवेभ्यो
विप्रेभ्यो दक्शिणाम् अदात्

adhvarāvabhṛta-snāto
rāja-rājo mahā-manāḥ
paraṃ bhāgaṃ ca devebhyo
viprebhyo dakśiṇām adāt

adhvarāvabhṛta-snātaḥhaving taken the sacrifical bath; rāja-rājaḥthe great king; mahā-manāḥ—noble-hearted; param—great; bhāgam—portion; ca—and; devebhyaḥ—to the demigods; viprebhyaḥ—to the brāhmaṇas; dakśiṇām—daksina; adāt—gave.

English translation of verse 6.10.24:

Having performed the avabhṛta bath, the noble-hearted king gave sacrifical offerings to the demigods and dakśiṇā to the brāhmaṇas.

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