Sri Garga-samhita

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Sri Garga-samhita is an absolutely bona-fide literature because the speaker

is bonafide and person asking the questions is bonafide.

 

Extract from the 1st Chp:

 

Text 4

 

Once ®r… Garga Muni, who was the best of the wise, very powerful, and a

brilliant sun of yoga, went to see ®aunaka Muni.

 

 

Text 5

 

taˆ d˜v€ sahasotth€ya

aunako munibhiƒ saha

p™jay€m €sa pady€dyair

upac€rair vidh€nataƒ

 

Seeing him, ®aunaka and the sages at once stood up and worshiped him by

washing his feet and presenting many offerings according to ancient

tradition.

 

 

Text 6

 

r…-aunaka uv€ca

 

sat€ˆ parya˜anaˆ dhanyaˆ

ghin€ˆ €ntaye smtam

nŠ€m antas tamo-h€r…

s€dhur eva na bh€skaraƒ

 

®r… ®aunaka said: The auspicious travels of saintly devotees bring peace to

they who stay at home. It is a saintly devotee, and not the sun, the removes

the darkness in people's hearts.

 

 

Text 7

 

tasm€n me hdi sambh™taˆ

sandehaˆ n€aya prabho

katidh€ r…-harer viŠor

avat€ro bhavaty alam

 

Therefore, O lord, please destroy the doubt in my heart. How often does

Lord ViŠu, who removes all that is inauspicious, descend to this world?

 

Text 8

 

 

r…-garga uv€ca

 

s€dhu p˜aˆ tvay€ brahman

bhagavad-guŠa-varŠanam

Švat€ˆ gadat€ˆ yad vai

pcchat€ˆ vitanoti am

 

®r… Garga Muni said: O br€hmaŠa, you have asked a worthy question. The

description of the Lord's transcendental qualities brings auspiciousness to

they who hear, speak, and ask.