Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 4.8.28, 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 4 of Chapter 8 (In the Story of the Yajna-sitas, the Glories of Ekadashi) of Canto 4 (madhurya-khanda).
Verse 4.8.28
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
परापवादं पैशून्यं
स्तेयं हिंसां तथा रतिम्
क्रोधाढ्यं ह्य् अनृतं वाक्यं
एकादश्यां विवर्जयेत्
parāpavādaṃ paiśūnyaṃ
steyaṃ hiṃsāṃ tathā ratim
krodhāḍhyaṃ hy anṛtaṃ vākyaṃ
ekādaśyāṃ vivarjayet
para—others; apavādam—rebuking; paiśūnyam—slander; steyam—theft; hiṃsām—violence; tathā—so; ratim—sex; krodhāḍhyam—anger; hi—indeed; anṛtam—lies; vākyam—words; ekādaśyām—on ekādaśī; vivarjayet—one should avoid.
English translation of verse 4.8.28:
On ekādaśī one should avoid harsh speech, slander, theft, violence, sex, anger, and speaking lies.