Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 6.19.33, 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).
Verse 6.19.33
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
सर्वेशां चैव दानानां
अश्व-दानं परं स्मृतम्
अश्व-दानाद् गजस्यापि
गज-दानाद् रथस्य च
sarveśāṃ caiva dānānāṃ
aśva-dānaṃ paraṃ smṛtam
aśva-dānād gajasyāpi
gaja-dānād rathasya ca
sarveśām—of all; ca—and; eva—indeed; dānānām—charities; aśva-dānam— charity of a horse; param—best; smṛtam—considered; aśva-dānāt—than charity of a horse; gajasya—of an elephant; api—even; gaja-dānāt—than charity of an elephant; rathasya—of a chariot; ca—and.
English translation of verse 6.19.33:
Giving a horse in charity is great charity. Still, giving an elephant is better than giving a horse and giving a chariot is better than giving an elephant.