Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 8.13.144, 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).

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

इदं मया ते कथितं नृपेन्द्र
सर्वार्थदं श्री-बलभद्र-खण्डम्
शृणोति यो धाम हरेह् स याति
विशोकम् आनन्दम् अखण्ड-रूपम्

idaṃ mayā te kathitaṃ nṛpendra
sarvārthadaṃ śrī-balabhadra-khaṇḍam
śṛṇoti yo dhāma hareh sa yāti
viśokam ānandam akhaṇḍa-rūpam

idam—this; mayāby me; te—to you; kathitam—spoken; nṛpendra—O great king; sarvārthadam—giving all desires; śrī-balabhadraof Lord Balarāma; khaṇḍam—the canto; śṛṇoti—hears; yah—one who; dhāmato the abode; hareh—of Lord Kṛṣṇa; sa—he; yātigoes; viśokam—without sufferings; ānandam—bliss; akhaṇḍaunbroken; rūpam—form.

English translation of verse 8.13.144:

O great king, thus I have recited for you the Balarāma-khaṇḍa, which fulfills all desires. Anyone who hears it goes to Lord Kṛṣṇa transcendental abode, which is eternal, full of bliss, and free of any suffering.

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