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:

कङ्कनाङ्गद-केयूर- रत्न-मुद्रा-लसत्-करः
मुक्ता-हार-स्फुरद्-वक्षा मकराकृति-कुण्डलः

kaṅkanāṅgada-keyūra- ratna-mudrā-lasat-karaḥ
muktā-hāra-sphurad-vakṣā makarākṛti-kuṇḍalaḥ

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

kaṅkanāṅgada-keyūrawith bracelets and armlets; ratna- mudrāwith jewel rings; lasat—splendid; karaḥhands; muktā- hāranecklace of pearls; sphurat—splendid; vakṣāḥ—chest; makarākṛti-kuṇḍalaḥwith shark-shaped earrings.

English translation of verse:

They decorated Lord Kṛṣṇa with armlets and bracelets. They made His hands splendid with jewel rings. They placed a necklace of pearls across His chest and decorated His ears with shark- shaped earrings.

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