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:

प्रहस्य च ततः कृष्णो माम् आहामृत-भाषणः
अहं ते दर्शनं यातं ज्ञात्वा रुद्र तवेप्सितम्

prahasya ca tataḥ kṛṣṇo mām āhāmṛta-bhāṣaṇaḥ
ahaṃ te darśanaṃ yātaṃ jñātvā rudra tavepsitam

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

prahasya—smiling; ca—and; tataḥthen; kṛṣṇaḥLord Kṛṣṇa; mām—to me; āha—spoke; amṛtanectar; bhāṣaṇaḥ—speaking words; aham—I; te—of you; darśanam—the vision; yātam—attained; j 24ātvā—understanding; rudraO Śiva; tava—by you; īpsitam—desired.

English translation of verse:

Smiling, Lord Kṛṣṇa spoke to me these words of nectar: O Śiva, I could understand your desire. That is why I have now come before your eyes.

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