Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 8.13.120, 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 13 (A Thousand Names of Lord Balarama) of Canto 8 (balabhadra-khanda).
Verse 8.13.120
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
ब्रह्म-पाद-रजह्-स्पर्शी
ब्रह्म-पाद-निषेवकह्
विप्राङ्घ्रि-जल-पूताङ्गो
विप्र-सेवा-परायणह्
brahma-pāda-rajah-sparśī
brahma-pāda-niṣevakah
viprāṅghri-jala-pūtāṅgo
vipra-sevā-parāyaṇah
He respectfully touches the dust of the brāhmaṇas' feet (brahma-pāda-rajah-sparśī), He serves the brāhmaṇas' feet (brahma-pāda-niṣevaka), He purifies Himself by sprinkling on His head the water that has washed the brāhmaṇas' feet (viprāṅghri-jala-pūtāṅga), and He devotedly serves the brāhmaṇas (vipra-sevā-parāyaṇa).