Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 8.10.17, 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 10 (The Paddhati and Patala of Lord Balarama) of Canto 8 (balabhadra-khanda).
Verse 8.10.17
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
प्रणवं पूर्वम् उद्धृत्य
काम-बीजं ततह् परम्
कालिन्दी-भेदन-पदं
सङ्कर्षणम् अतह् परम्
praṇavaṃ pūrvam uddhṛtya
kāma-bījaṃ tatah param
kālindī-bhedana-padaṃ
saṅkarṣaṇam atah param
praṇavam—Oṃ; pūrvam—first; uddhṛtya—speaking; kāma-bījam—the Kama-bija syllable; tatah—then; param—after; kālindī-bhedana-padam—the breaker of the Yamunā; saṅkarṣaṇam—Lord Balarāma; atah param—then.
English translation of verse 8.10.17:
First, speak the syllable Oṃ. Then, speak the Kāma-bīja syllable (klīṃ). Then recite the names Kālindī-bhedana (the breaker of the Yamunā) and Saṅkarṣaṇa.