Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.17.12, 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 1 of Chapter 17 (Description of the Yogurt Theft) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).
Verse 1.17.12
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
तस्माद� दानं तु कर्तव्यं
विघ्नाना� ना�-हेतव�
गो-विप्�-सु�-साधूना�
tasmād dāna� tu kartavya�
vighnānā� ś-hetave
--ܰ-ū�
छन्दसं पूजन� तथ�
chandasa� pūjana� tathā
ٲ�therefore; Բ�charity; ٳ�certainly; 첹ٲⲹ�should be given; 峾�of obstacles; ś�destruction; ٲ�for the cause; ḥ�tp the cows; vipra�ṇa; sura�demigods; ū峾�and saintly devotees; Ի岹�Vedic mantras; ūᲹԲ�worship; ٲٳ�so.
English translation of verse 1.17.12:
Therefore, to destroy all obstacles you should give charity, chant Vedic prayers, and worship the cows, brāhmaṇas, demigods, and saintly devotees.