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:

भुक्त्वा च विविधान्नानि मात्रा च सखिभिर् वृतः
हासयन् विविधैर् वाक्यैः सखींस् तैर् हासितः स्वयम्

bhuktvā ca vividhānnāni mātrā ca sakhibhir vṛtaḥ
hāsayan vividhair vākyaiḥ sakhīṃs tair hāsitaḥ svayam

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

bhuktvā—eating; ca—and; vividhavarious; annāni—foods; mātrāby His mother; ca—and; sakhibhiḥ—with friends; vṛtaḥ—surrounded; hāsayan—making laugh; vividhaiḥ—with various; vākyaiḥ—words; sakhīn—friends; taiḥ—with them; hāsitaḥ—made to laugh; svayam—personally.

English translation of verse:

Accompanied by His mother and His friends, Lord Kṛṣṇa ate a breakfast-feast of many different kinds of foods. He told many jokes, laughing and making His friends laugh.

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