Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 3.5.21, 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 3 of Chapter 5 (The Dispute Among the Gopas) of Canto 3 (giriraja-khanda).
Verse 3.5.21
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-गोपा ऊचुः
यद्य् आगतस् तव गृहे
गर्गाचार्यो महा-मुनिः
तत्-क्षणे नाम-करणे
नाहूत ज्ञातयस् त्वया
śrī-gopā ūcuḥ
yady āgatas tava gṛhe
gargācāryo mahā-muniḥ
tat-kṣaṇe nāma-karaṇe
nāhūta jñātayas tvayā
śrī-gopāḥ ūcuḥ—the gopas said; yady—if; āgataḥ—come; tava—of you; gṛhe—in thebhome; gargacaryaḥ—Garga Muni; mahā-muniḥ—the great sage; tat-kṣaṇe—at that moment; nāma-karane—in the name-giving ceremony; na—not; āhūtā—called; jñātayaḥ—relatives; tvayā—by you.
English translation of verse 3.5.21:
Ther gopas said: If the great sage Garga Muni actually came to your home and performed the name-giving ceremony, why did you not call your relatives to come and witness it?