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 118
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
चिरं प्रोष्यगतं कान्तं प्राप्य कान्त-धिया तथा
चुम्बन्ती वालिङ्गन्ती च नेत्रान्तेन पिबन्त्य् अपिciraṃ proṣyagataṃ kāntaṃ prāpya kānta-dhiyā tathā
cumbantī vāliṅgantī ca netrāntena pibanty api
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
ciram—for a long time; proṣyagatam—gone; kāntam—beloved; prāpya—attaining; kānta-dhiyā—with thinking of the beloved; tathā—so; cumbanti—kisses; vā—or; āliṅganti—embraces; ca—and; netrāntena—with the corner of the eyes; pibanti—drinks; api—also.
English translation of verse:
When the dear husband, long absent on a journey, finally returns, the wife, filled with thoughts of him, kisses him, embraces him, and with her eyes drinks in the sight of him.