Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.4.46, 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 4 (Description of Questions About the Lord’s Appearance) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).
Verse 1.4.46
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
पितुर् वाक्याद् यदा रामो
दण्डकाख्यं वनं गतः
चचार सीतया सार्धं
लक्ष्मणेन धनुष्मता
pitur vākyād yadā rāmo
daṇḍakākhyaṃ vanaṃ gataḥ
cacāra sītayā sārdhaṃ
lakṣmaṇena dhanuṣmatā
pituḥ—of His father; vākyāt—by the statement; yadā—when; rāmaḥ—Rāma; daṇḍaka—Daṇḍaka; ākhyam—named; vanam—to the forest; gataḥ—gone; cacāra—went; sītayā—Sītā; sārdham—with; lakṣmaṇena—and Lakṣmaṇa; dhanuṣmatā—the expert bowman.
English translation of verse 1.4.46:
Then, because of His father's words, He went with Sītā and the expert bowman Lakṣmaṇa to the Daṇḍaka forest.