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:

ततो मधु-पदोन्मत्तो निद्रया मिलितेक्शणौ
मिथः पाणिं समालम्ब्य काम-बाण-वशं गतौ

tato madhu-padonmatto nidrayā militekśaṇau
mithaḥ pāṇiṃ samālambya kāma-bāṇa-vaśaṃ gatau

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

tato—then; madhu—nectar; pada—drinking; unmatto—intoxicated; nidrayā—with sleep; milita—closed; īkśaṇau—eyes; mithaḥ—together; pāṇiṃ—hands; samālambya—extending; kāma—of Kāmadeva; bāṇa—of the arrows; vaśaṃ—under the control; gatau—attained.

English translation of verse:

Intoxicated by drinking nectar, their eyes become closed with sleepiness. Holding hands, They are attacked by Kāmadeva's arrows.

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