Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.4.57, 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 1.4.57
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
ब्रह्मचारि-वपुर् भूत्वा
रामस् तत्र समागतः
उवाच प्राण-सन्त्यागं
मा कूर्यत स्त्रियो वृथा
brahmacāri-vapur bhūtvā
rāmas tatra samāgataḥ
uvāca prāṇa-santyāgaṃ
mā kūryata striyo vṛthā
brahmacāri—of a brahmacāri; vapuḥ—the form; bhūtvā—becoming; rāmaḥ—Rāma; tatra—there; samāgataḥ—went; uvāca—said; prāṇa—of life; santyāgam—giving up; mā—don't; kūryata—do; striyaḥ—O women; vṛthā—uselessly.
English translation of verse 1.4.57:
Assuming the form of a brahmacārī, Rāma went to them and said, "O women, do not give up your lives without good reason.