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 ...

Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:

अभङ्ग-मर्दनं कृत्वा दासैः संस्नापितो मुदा
धौत-वस्त्र-धरः स्रग्वी चन्दनाक्त-कलेवरः

abhaṅga-mardanaṃ kṛtvā dāsaiḥ saṃsnāpito mudā
dhauta-vastra-dharaḥ sragvī candanākta-kalevaraḥ

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

abhaṅga-mardanam—massage; kṛtvā—doing; dāsaiḥ—by servants; saṃsnāpitaḥ—bathed; mudāhappily; dhauta-vastra-dharaḥwearing clean garments; sragvī—garlanded; candanākta-kalevaraḥ—anointed with sandal paste.

English translation of verse:

Then the servants happily massaged Lord Kṛṣṇa, bathed Him, dressed Him in clean garments, garlanded Him, and anointed His body with sandal paste.

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