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:

कृष्णो ऽपि दुग्ध्वा गाः काश्चिद् दोहयित्वा जनैः परः
आगच्छति पितुर् वाक्यात् स्व-गृहं सखिभिर् वृतः

kṛṣṇo 'pi dugdhvā gāḥ kāścid dohayitvā janaiḥ paraḥ
āgacchati pitur vākyāt sva-gṛhaṃ sakhibhir vṛtaḥ

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

kṛṣṇaḥLord Kṛṣṇa; api—also; dugdhvā—milking; gāḥ—the cows; kāścit—some; dohayitvā—causing to be milked; janaiḥ—by people; paraḥothers; āgacchati—returns; pituḥ—of His father; vākyāt—by the words; sva-gṛham—to His own home; sakhibhiḥ—by friends; vṛtaḥ—accompanied.

English translation of verse:

Meanwhile, Lord Kṛṣṇa milked some cows and had the other boys milk the others. Then, called by His father, He and His friends returned home.

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