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:

उत्थाय दन्त-कष्ठादि कृत्वाभ्यङ्गं समाचरेत्
स्नान-वेदीं ततो गत्वा स्नापिता ललितादिभिः

utthāya danta-kaṣṭhādi kṛtvābhyaṅgaṃ samācaret
snāna-vedīṃ tato gatvā snāpitā lalitādibhiḥ

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

utthāya—rising; danta-kaṣṭha—toothbrush-twig; ādi—beginning with; kṛtvā—doing; abhyaṅgam—anointing ewith fragrant oils; samācaret—did; snāna-vedīm—the bathing-room; tataḥthen; gatvā—going; snāpitā—bathed; lalitāby Lalitā; ādibhiḥ—headed.

English translation of verse:

Śrī Rādhā rose, brushed Her teeth, anointed Herself with fragrant oils, and then went to the bathing-room, where Lalitā and the other gopīs bathed Her.

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