Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 6.19.19, 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 19 (In the First Fortress of Dvaraka, the Glories of Lila-sarovara, Hari-mandira, Jnana-tirtha, Krishna-kunda, Balabhadra-sarah, Ganesha-tirtha, Dana-sthala, and Maya-tirtha) of Canto 6 (dvaraka-khanda).

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

पृथ्वी-प्रदक्शिणां कृत्वा
बलदेवो महा-बलः
यज्ञं यत्र विनिर्माय
रेवत्या विरराज ह

pṛthvī-pradakśiṇāṃ kṛtvā
baladevo mahā-balaḥ
yajñaṃ yatra vinirmāya
revatyā virarāja ha

pṛthvīthe earth; pradakśiṇām—circumambulation; kṛtvā—having done; baladevaḥLord Balarāma; mahā-balaḥvery powerful; yajñam—a yajna; yatra where; vinirmāya—performing; revatyā—with Revatī; virarāja—was splendidly manifested; ha—indeed.

English translation of verse 6.19.19:

After circumambulating the entire earth, Lord Balarāma performed a yajña at that lake. There he was very glorious with Revatī by His side.

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