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 ...
verse 224
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
सूर्यादि-पूज-व्याजेन कुसुमाद्य्-आहृति-च्छलात्
वञ्चयित्वा गुरून् याति प्रिया-सङ्गेच्छया वनम्sūryādi-pūja-vyājena kusumādy-āhṛti-cchalāt
vañcayitvā gurūn yāti priyā-saṅgecchayā vanam
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
sūrya—of the sun-god; ādi—beginning with; pūja—worship; vyājena—on the pretext; kusumādy-āhṛti-cchalāt—on the pretext of gathering flowers; va 24cayitvā—cheating; gurūn—superiors; yāti—goes; priyā- saṅgecchayā—desiring to meet Her beloved; vanam—to the forest.
English translation of verse:
Then, on the pretext of gathering flowers and other things for the worship of the sun-god and other purposes, Śrī Rādhā tricks Her superiors and, yearning to meet Her beloved, goes to the forest.