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 ...
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Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
श्री-नारद उवाच <इ>कथम् आहूयते देवि पाकार्थं सा यशोदया
सतीषु पाक-कर्त्रीषु रोहिणी-प्रमुखास्व् अपिśrī-nārada uvāca katham āhūyate devi pākārthaṃ sā yaśodayā
satīṣu pāka-kartrīṣu rohiṇī-pramukhāsv api
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
śrī-nārada uvāca—Śrī Nārada said; katham—why?; āhūyate—was called; devi—O goddess; pākārtham—for the purpose of cooking; sā—She; yaśodayā—by Yaśodā; satīṣu—saintly women; pāka- kartrīṣu—expert in cooking; rohiṇī-pramukhāsv—headed by Rohiṇī; api—even.
English translation of verse:
Śrī Nārada said: O goddess, why did Yaśodā call Śrī Rādhā to cook when Rohiṇī and so many other expert cooks were present in her home?