Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 6.17.6, 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 17 (Shri Shri Radha and Krishna Meet at Siddhashrama and the Nature of Shri Radha’s Love Is Revealed) of Canto 6 (dvaraka-khanda).
Verse 6.17.6
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
अद्य मे सफलो धर्मो
हरे त्वय्य् आगते सति
धन्यं सिद्धाश्रम-स्नानं
सफली-भूतम् अद्भुतम् मयापि न कृता भक्तिस् तव भक्त-सहायिनः
adya me saphalo dharmo
hare tvayy āgate sati
dhanyaṃ siddhāśrama-snānaṃ
saphalī-bhūtam adbhutam mayāpi na kṛtā bhaktis tava bhakta-sahāyinaḥ
adya—now; me—my; saphalaḥ—success; dharmaḥ—religion; hare—O Kṛṣṇa; tvayi—You; āgate—come; sati—being so; dhanyam—good fortune; siddhāśrama-snānam—bathing at Siddhāśrama; saphalī-bhūtam—success; adbhutam—wonderful; mayā—by Me; api—also; na—not; kṛtā—done; bhaktiḥ—devotion; tava—of You; bhakta-sahāyinaḥ—helped by the devotees.
English translation of verse 6.17.6:
"O Kṛṣṇa, now that You have come My practice of religion is a success and My bathing at Siddhāśrama is a wonderful success. Actually I have no devotion to You, who are served by Your real devotees.