Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.4.64, 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 1.4.64
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
कथं चास्मान् न गृह्नासि
भजन्तीर् मैथिलीः सतीः
अर्धाङ्गी यज्ञ-कालेषु
सततं कार्य-साधिनीः
kathaṃ cāsmān na gṛhnāsi
bhajantīr maithilīḥ satīḥ
ardhāṅgī yajña-kāleṣu
satataṃ kārya-sādhinīḥ
katham—why?; ca—and; asmān—us; na—not; gṛhnāsi—You accept; bhajantīḥ—the worshiping; maithilīḥ satīḥ—chaste women of Mithilā; ardha—half; aṅgī—Your body; yajña—of the yajña; kāleṣu—at the times; satatam—always; kārya-sādhinīḥ—performing duties with You.
English translation of verse 1.4.64:
. . . "Why do You not accept us? We are all Sītā, the chaste daughter of the king of Mithilā. We are half of Your body. At the time of the yajñas we were Your assistants.