Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 6.15.19, 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 6 of Chapter 15 (The Glories of Nriga-kupa and Gopi-bhumi) of Canto 6 (dvaraka-khanda).
Verse 6.15.19
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
गङ्गा-मृद्-द्वि-गुणं पुण्यं
चित्रकूट-रजः स्मृतम्
तस्माद् दश-गुणं पुण्यं
रजः पञ्चवती-भवम्
gaṅgā-mṛd-dvi-guṇaṃ puṇyaṃ
citrakūṭa-rajaḥ smṛtam
tasmād daśa-guṇaṃ puṇyaṃ
rajaḥ pañcavatī-bhavam
gaṅgā—of the Gaṅgā; mṛt—the mud; dvi-guṇam—twice; puṇyam—piety; citrakūṭa-rajaḥ—the dust of Citrakūṭa; smṛtam—considered; tasmāt—than that; daśa-guṇam—ten times; puṇyam—piety; rajaḥ—the dust; pañcavatī-bhavam—of Pañcavatī.
English translation of verse 6.15.19:
Twice as sacred as the mud of the Gaṅgā is the dust of Citrakūṭa. Ten times more sacred than that is the dust of Pañcavatī-tīrtha.