Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.1.38, 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 2 of Chapter 1 (Description of the Entrance in Vrindavana) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.1.38
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-तीर्थ-राज उवाच
हे देव-देव प्राप्तो ऽहं
तीर्थ-राजस् त्वया कृतः
बलिं ददुर् मे तीर्थानि
मथुरा-मण्डलं विना
śrī-tīrtha-rāja uvāca
he deva-deva prāpto 'haṃ
tīrtha-rājas tvayā kṛtaḥ
baliṃ dadur me tīrthāni
mathurā-maṇḍalaṃ vinā
śrī-tīrtha-rājaḥ uvāca—the king of holy places said; he—O; deva-deva—Lord of lords; prāptaḥ—attained; aham—I am; tīrtha-rājaḥ—the king of holy places; tvayā—by You; kṛtaḥ—made; balim—offerings; daduḥ—gave; me—to me; tīrthāni—holy places; mathurā-maṇḍalam—Mathurā-maṇḍala; vinā—except for.
English translation of verse 2.1.38:
The king of holy places said: O Lord of lords, You made me king of holy places.
Except for Mathurā-maṇḍala, all holy places have brought offerings to me.