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:

श्री-सदाशिव उवाच <इ>नाहं जानामि तां लीलां हरेर् नारद तत्त्वतः
वृन्दा-देवीं समागच्छ सा ते लीलां प्रवक्ष्यति

śrī-sadāśiva uvāca nāhaṃ jānāmi tāṃ līlāṃ harer nārada tattvataḥ
vṛndā-devīṃ samāgaccha sā te līlāṃ pravakṣyati

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

śrī-sadāśiva uvāca—Lord Sadāśiva said; na—not; aham—I; jānāmi—know; tām—these; līlām—pastimes; hareḥ—of Lord Hari; nāradaO Śrī Nārada; tattvataḥ—in truth; vṛndā-devīm—Vṛndā-devī; samāgaccha—go; sā—she; te—to you; līlām—pastimes; pravakṣyati—will tell.

English translation of verse:

Lord Sadāśiva said: I do not know these pastimes of Lord Hari. Go to Vṛndā-devī. She will tell them to you.

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