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:

ताडनं भर्त्सनं कामी भोग्यत्वेन यथा स्त्रियः
गृह्नाति वैष्णवानां च तत्-तद्-ग्राह्यं तथा बुधैः

tāḍanaṃ bhartsanaṃ kāmī bhogyatvena yathā striyaḥ
gṛhnāti vaiṣṇavānāṃ ca tat-tad-grāhyaṃ tathā budhaiḥ

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

tāḍanam—hitting; bhartsanam—rebuking; kāmī—desiring; bhogyatvena—with the enjoyable; yathā—as; striyaḥ—women; gṛhnāti—takes; vaiṣṇavānām—of the devotees; ca—and; tat-tad- grāhyam—to be taken; tathā—so; budhaiḥ—by the wise.

English translation of verse:

As a rake enjoys when his mistress rebukes and hits him, so a wise person is happy when the Vaiṣṇavas punish him.

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