Garga Samhita 2159

Garga Samhita

Canto Three : Chapter Ten

Shri Giriraja-mahatmya
The Glory of Shri Giriraja

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rishabhadrau kuöakadrau
kolakadrau tatha narah
suvarna-shringa-yuktanam
gavam koöir dadati yah

maha-punyam labhet so 'pi
vipran sampujya yatnatah
tasmal laksha-gunam punyam
girau govardhane dvija[1]

O brahmana, simply by visiting Govardhana Hill one attains piety a hundred thousand times greater than the piety he would attain if on the sacred mountains Rishabha, Kuöaka, and Kolaka he had worshiped many brahmanas and given in charity ten million cows with golden horns.


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References

  1. rishabhadrau -on Mount Rishabha; kuöakadrau -on Mount kuöaka; kolaka -on Mount Kolaka; tatha -so; narah -a person; suvarna -gold; shringa -horns; yuktanam -with; gavam -of cows; koöih -tewn million; dadati -gives; yah -one who; maha-punyam -great piety; labhet -attains; sah -he; api -also; vipran -brahmanas; sampujya -worshiping; yatnatah -carefully; tasmal -than that; laksha-gunam -a hunbdred thousand times; punyam -piety; girau govardhane -on Govardhana Hill; dvija -O brahmana.

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