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:

ताम्बूल-चर्चितं तस्य तत्रत्याभिर् निवेदितम्
ताम्बूलान्य् अपि चाश्नाति विभजन्ती प्रियालीषु

tāmbūla-carcitaṃ tasya tatratyābhir niveditam
tāmbūlāny api cāśnāti vibhajantī priyālīṣu

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

tāmbūlabetelnuts; carcitaṃ—chewed; tasya—of Him; tatratyābhir—by the gopīs there; niveditam—offered; tāmbūlāny—betelnuts; api—also; ca—and; āśnāti—chews; vibhajantī—distributes; priyālīṣu—to Her dear friends.

English translation of verse:

The gopīs there gave Her the remnants of betelnuts chewed by Lord Kṛṣṇa. Some She chewed and some She gave to Her friends.

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