Sanatkumara Samhita
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The is is the english translation of the Sanatkumara Samhita. Sanatkumara in Sanskrit means “eternal youth”. Sage Sanatkumara was one of the Four Kumaras, the four Manasputras (mind-born-sons) or spiritual sons of Brahma. Sanatkumara is also the author of the Sanatkumara Samhita, which is part of the Shiva Purana, and has 59 chapters. Alternative ...
verse 57
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
तरुणादित्य-सङ्काशं कुण्डलाभ्यां विराजितम्
घर्माम्बु-कणिका-राजद्- दर्पणाभ-कपोलकम्taruṇāditya-saṅkāśaṃ kuṇḍalābhyāṃ virājitam
gharmāmbu-kaṇikā-rājad- darpaṇābha-kapolakam
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
taruṇa—young; aditya—sun; saṅkāśam—splendor; kuṇḍalābhyām—with earrings; virājitam—splendid; gharmāmbu- kaṇikā—with drops of perspiration; rājat—shining; darpaṇa—mirror; ābha—like; kapolakam—cheeks.
English translation of verse:
. . . who is splendid with earrings like two rising suns, whose perspiration-anointed cheeks are like two glistening mirrors, . . .