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:

अथ पूर्वह्ण-सेवा <इ>गोप-वेश-धरः कृश्णो धेनु-वृन्द-पुरः-सरः
व्रज-वासि-जनैः प्रीत्या सर्वैर् अनुगतः पथि

atha pūrvahṇa-sevā gopa-veśa-dharaḥ kṛṣṇo dhenu-vṛnda-puraḥ-saraḥ
vraja-vāsi-janaiḥ prītyā sarvair anugataḥ pathi

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

atha—now; pūrvahna-sevā—late-morning pastimes; gopa-veśa- dharaḥ—dressed as a cowherd boy; kṛṣṇo—Lord Kṛṣṇa; dhenu-vṛnda- puraḥ—before the cows; saraḥ—going; vraja-vāsi-janaiḥ—with the people of Vraja; prītyā—with love; sarvair—with all; anugataḥ—followed; pathi—on the path.

English translation of verse:

Pastimes in the Late Morning When, dressed as a cowherd boy, Lord Kṛṣṇa followed the cows to the pasture, all the people of Vraja affectionately followed Him on the path.

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