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:

रात्रि-सेवा <इ>मिलित्वा ताव् उभाव् अत्र क्रीडितौ वनराजिषु
विहारैर् विविधैर् वेषैः लास्य-गीत-पुरः-सरैः

rātri-sevā militvā tāv ubhāv atra krīḍitau vanarājiṣu
vihārair vividhair veṣaiḥ lāsya-gīta-puraḥ-saraiḥ

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

rātri-sevāpastimes at night; militvā—meeting; tau—They; ubhau—both; atra—here; krīḍitau—enjoyed pastimes; vanarājiṣu—in the forest groves; vihārair—with pastimes; vividhair—various; veṣaiḥ—appearances; lāsya-gīta-puraḥ-saraiḥ—beginning with singing and dancing.

English translation of verse:

Pastimes at Night Meeting in the forest groves, Śrī Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa enjoy singing, dancing, and many other pastimes.

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