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:

गमनागमने नित्यं तथैव वन-गोष्ठयोः
गो-चरणं वयस्यश् च विनासुर-विघातनम्

gamanāgamane nityaṃ tathaiva vana-goṣṭhayoḥ
go-caraṇaṃ vayasyaś ca vināsura-vighātanam

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

gamana—going; āgamane—and coming; nityam—eternally; tathā—so; eva—indeed; vana-goṣṭhayoḥ—of the forest and the village of Vraja; go-caraṇam—herding the cows; vayasyaḥ—friends; ca—and; vināwithout; asuraof the demons; vighātanam—the killing.

English translation of verse:

In the spiritual world of Vṛndāvana there is the same coming and going to the forest and village of Vraja, the same herding of the cows, and the same friends. Only the killing of the demons is absent.

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