Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 8.12.6, 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 8 of Chapter 12 (The Prayer and Armor of Lord Balarama) of Canto 8 (balabhadra-khanda).
Verse 8.12.6
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-वासुदेवो ऽवतु पर्वतेषु
सहस्र-शीर्षा च महा-विवादे
रोगेषु मां रक्षतु रौहिणेयो
मां काम-पालो ऽवतु व विपत्सु
śrī-vāsudevo 'vatu parvateṣu
sahasra-śīrṣā ca mahā-vivāde
rogeṣu māṃ rakṣatu rauhiṇeyo
māṃ kāma-pālo 'vatu va vipatsu
śrī-vāsudevah—the son of Vasudeva; avatu—may protect; parvateṣu—in the mountains; sahasra-śīrṣā—who has a thousand heads; ca—and; mahā-vivāde—in great disputes; rogeṣu—in diseases; mām—me; rakṣatu—may protect; rauhiṇeyah—the son of Rohiṇī; mām—me; kāma-pālah—the fulfiller of desires; avatu—may protect; vā—or; vipatsu—in calamities.
English translation of verse 8.12.6:
May Lord Balarāma, who is Vasudeva's son, protect me on mountains. May Lord Balarāma, who has a thousand heads, protect me in great disputes. May Lord Balarāma, who is Rohiṇī's son, protect me from diseases. May Lord Balarāma, who fulfills desires, protect me from catastrophes.