Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 8.12.3, 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).
Verse 8.12.3
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
गोलोक-धामाधिपतिह् परेश्वरह्
परेषु मां पातु पवित्र-कीर्तनः
भू-मण्डलं सर्षपवद् विलक्ष्यते
यन्-मूर्ध्नि मां पातु स भूमि-मण्डले
goloka-dhāmādhipatih pareśvarah
pareṣu māṃ pātu pavitra-kīrtanaḥ
bhū-maṇḍalaṃ sarṣapavad vilakṣyate
yan-mūrdhni māṃ pātu sa bhūmi-maṇḍale
goloka-dhāmādhipatih—the master of the realm of Goloka; pareśvarah—the supreme controller; pareṣu—among all controllers; mām—me; pātu—may protect; pavitra—pure; kīrtanah—glories; bhū-maṇḍalam—the circle of the earth; sarṣapavat—like a mustard seed; vilakṣyate—is characterized; yan-mūrdhni—on whose head; mām—me; pātu—may protect; sa—he; bhūmi-maṇḍale—in the circle of the earth.
English translation of verse 8.12.3:
May Lord Balarāma, who is the master of Goloka, who is the supreme controller of all controllers, and whose fame is spotless, protect me. May Lord Balarāma, who on His head holds the earth as if it were a single mustard seed, protect me in this world.