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:

विहारैर् विविधैर् एवं सार्धं याम-द्वयं मुने
नित्वा गृहं व्रजेयुस् ताः स च कृश्णो गवां व्रजेत्

vihārair vividhair evaṃ sārdhaṃ yāma-dvayaṃ mune
nitvā gṛhaṃ vrajeyus tāḥ sa ca kṛṣṇo gavāṃ vrajet

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

vihārair—with pastimes; vividhair—various; evaṃ—thus; sārdhaṃ—with; yāma-dvayaṃ—six hours; mune—O sage; nitvā—taking; gṛhaṃ—home; vrajeyus—went; tāḥ—them; sa—He; ca—and; kṛṣṇo—Lord Kṛṣṇa; gavāṃ—to the cows; vrajet—went.

English translation of verse:

O sage, in this way the divine couple and Their associates passed six hours enjoying many pastimes. Finally the gopīs returned to their homes and Lord Kṛṣṇa returned to the cows.

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