Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 8.12.1, 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 8 of Chapter 12 (The Prayer and Armor of Lord Balarama) of Canto 8 (balabhadra-khanda).

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

दुर्योधन उवाच
गोपीभ्यां कवचं दत्तं
गर्गाचार्येन धीमता
सर्व-रक्षा-करं दिव्यं
देहि मह्यं महा-मुने

duryodhana uvāca
gopībhyāṃ kavacaṃ dattaṃ
gargācāryena dhīmatā
sarva-rakṣā-karaṃ divyaṃ
dehi mahyaṃ mahā-mune

duryodhana uvāca—Duryodhana said; gopībhyām—to the gopīs; kavacam—the armor; dattam—given; gargācāryena—by Garga Muni; dhīmatā—intelligent; sarva-rakṣa-karam—giving all protection; divyam—transcendental; dehiplease give; mahyam—to me; mahā-mune—O great sage.

English translation of verse 8.12.1:

Duryodhana said: O great sage, please give me the transcendental Balarāma-kavaca, which wise Garga Muni gave to the gopīs, and which gives all protection.

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