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:

गाढालिङ्गन-निर्भेदं आप्तौ तद्-भङ्ग-कातरौ
न मनस् कुरुतस् तल्पात् समुत्थातुं मनाग् अपि

gāḍhāliṅgana-nirbhedaṃ āptau tad-bhaṅga-kātarau
na manas kurutas talpāt samutthātuṃ manāg api

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

gāḍha—tight; āliṅgana—embrace; nirbhedam—breaking; āptau—attained; tad-bhaṅgaby Their separation; kātarau—distressed; na—not; manaḥmind; kurutaḥ—did; talpāt—from the bed; samutthātum—to rise; manāk—slightly; api—even.

English translation of verse:

Their firm embrace broken, the divine couple became unhappy at the thought of Their impending separation. They had no wish to rise even slightly from Their bed.

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