Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 6.10.42, 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).
Verse 6.10.42
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
अस्माद् दानाच् च द्वि-गुणा
भवन्तु निधयो नव
इत्य् उक्त्वा स-निधिः प्रागाद्
अहो तेजीयसां बलम्
asmād dānāc ca dvi-guṇā
bhavantu nidhayo nava
ity uktvā sa-nidhiḥ prāgād
aho tejīyasāṃ balam
asmāt—from bim; dānāt—from the wealth; ca—and; dvi-guṇā—doubled; bhavantu—may be; nidhayaḥ—treasures; nava—nine; ity—thus; uktvā—saying; sa- nidhiḥ—the treasure; pragāt—went; ahaḥ—Oh; tejīyasām—power; balam—power.
English translation of verse 6.10.42:
Durvāsā Muni said, "Because you have offered them to me, I give you the boon that your nine treasures will now become twice as valuable as they were." As soon as these words were spoken the nine treasures became twice as valuable.
Chāpter Eleven
Śrī Cakra-tīrthotpattau gaja-grāha-mokśa
In the Creation of Cakra-tīrtha, the Liberation of the Elephant and the Crocodile