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:

इत्य् आह्वायति तां नित्यं यशोदा पुत्र-वत्सला
आयुष्मान् मे भवेत् पुत्रः स्वादु-लोभात् तथा सती

ity āhvāyati tāṃ nityaṃ yaśodā putra-vatsalā
āyuṣmān me bhavet putraḥ svādu-lobhāt tathā satī

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

iti—thus; āhvāyati—calls; tām—Her; nityam—daily; yaśodāYaśodā; putra-vatsalā—affectionate to her son; āyuṣmān—living a long life; me—my; bhavet—may be; putraḥson; svādu-lobhāt—eager to eat what is delicious; tathā—so; satīthe saintly woman.

English translation of verse:

That is why every day Yaśodā calls Rādhā to cook. Yaśodā thinks, "Eager to eat this delicious food, my son will live a very long life."

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