Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.4.66, 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 1.4.66
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-राम उवाच
समीचीनं वचः सत्यं
युष्माभिर् गदितं च मे
एक-पत्नी-व्रतो ऽहं हि
राजर्षिः सीतयैकया
śrī-rāma uvāca
samīcīnaṃ vacaḥ satyaṃ
yuṣmābhir gaditaṃ ca me
eka-patnī-vrato 'haṃ hi
rājarṣiḥ sītayaikayā
śrī-rāmaḥ uvāca—Śrī Rāma said; samīcīnam—right; vacaḥ—statement; satyam—truth; yuṣmābhiḥ—by you; gaditam—said; ca—also; me—of Me; eka—one; patnī—wife; vrataḥ—vow; aham—I; hi—Indeed; rāja—king; ṛṣiḥ—sage; sītayā—by Sītā; ekayā—alone.
English translation of verse 1.4.66:
Śrī Rāma said: Your words are right. What you say to Me is true. (Still,) I am religious king, and I have vowed to accept only Sītā as My wife.