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 64
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
पटाञ्चलेनावृतार्ध- सु-स्मेरानन-पङ्कजाम्
कान्त-वक्त्रे न्यास्त-नृत्यच्- चकोरी-चञ्चलेक्षणाम्paṭāñcalenāvṛtārdha- su-smerānana-paṅkajām
kānta-vaktre nyāsta-nṛtyac- cakorī-cañcalekṣaṇām
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
paṭāñcalena—with the edge of Her garment; āvṛta—covered; ardha—half; su—graceful; smera—smiling; ānana—face; paṅkajām—lotus; kānta—of Hre beloved; vaktre—on the face; nyāsta—placed; nṛtyat—dancing; cakorī—cakori bird; ca 24cala—restless; īkṣaṇām—eyes.
English translation of verse:
. . . who with the edge of Her garment covers Her graceful lotus smile, whose restless cakorī-bird eyes dance on Her beloved's face, . . .