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:

इत्थं कल्प-तरोर् मूले रत्न-सिंहासनोपरि
वृन्दारण्ये स्मरेत् कृष्णं संस्थितं प्रियया सह

itthaṃ kalpa-taror mūle ratna-siṃhāsanopari
vṛndāraṇye smaret kṛṣṇaṃ saṃsthitaṃ priyayā saha

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

ittham—thus; kalpa-taroḥ—of a kalpa-taru tree; mūle—at the root; ratna-siṃhāsanopari—on a jewle throne; vṛndāraṇye—in Vṛndāvana forest; smaret—should remember; kṛṣṇam—Lord Kṛṣṇa; saṃsthitam—staying; priyayā—beloved; sahawith.

English translation of verse:

. . . and who stays with Her on a jewel throne under a kalpa- vṛkṣa tree in Vṛndāvana forest. In this way one should meditate on Lord Kṛṣṇa and His beloved.

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