Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 5.21.10, 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 5 of Chapter 21 (The Story of Shri Narada) of Canto 5 (mathura-khanda).
Verse 5.21.10
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
यन्-नाभि-पङ्कजाज् जातः
पुरा ब्रह्मा प्रज-पतिः
असृजत् प्रकृतिं शश्वत्
तपसा मद्-वरोजितः
yan-nābhi-paṅkajāj jātaḥ
purā brahmā praja-patiḥ
asṛjat prakṛtiṃ śaśvat
tapasā mad-varojitaḥ
yan-nābhi-paṅkajāt—from the lotus navel; jātaḥ—born; purā—before; brahmā—Brahmā; praja-patiḥ—the progenitor of the living entities; asṛjat—created; prakṛtim—material nature; śaśvat—eternal; tapasā—by austerity; mad-varojitaḥ—by My blessings.
English translation of verse 5.21.10:
In ancient times Lord Brahmā, the progenitor of the living entities, was born from My lotus navel. He performed austerities, and with My blessings he created the material universe.