Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 6.13.17, 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 13 (The Glories of Prabhasa-tirtha, the Sarasvati River, Bodha-pippala, and the Place Where the Gomati River Meets the Ocean) of Canto 6 (dvaraka-khanda).
Verse 6.13.17
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
मृशा-वादी महा-दुश्टः
कु-कर्म-निरतः सदा
ब्राह्मणेभ्यो न पितृभ्यो
न देवेभ्यो धनं ददौ
mṛśā-vādī mahā-duśṭaḥ
ku-karma-nirataḥ sadā
brāhmaṇebhyo na pitṛbhyo
na devebhyo dhanaṃ dadau
mṛśā-vādī—a lier; mahā-duśṭaḥ—very wicked; ku-karma-nirataḥ—acting badly; sadā—always; brāhmaṇebhyaḥ—to the brāhmaṇas; na—not; pitṛbhyaḥ—to the pitās; na—not; devebhyaḥ—to the demigods; dhanam—wealth; dadau—gave.
English translation of verse 6.13.17:
He was a lier and a rogue. He always acted badly. He never gave charity to the brāhmaṇas, pitās, or demigods.