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 मध्याह्न-सेवा <इ>इत्थं तौ बहु-यत्नेन मिलित्वा स्व-गणैर् वृतः
विहारैर् विविधैस् तत्र वने विक्रीडितो मुदा

atha madhyāhna-sevā itthaṃ tau bahu-yatnena militvā sva-gaṇair vṛtaḥ
vihārair vividhais tatra vane vikrīḍito mudā

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

atha—now; madhyāhna-sevā—midday pastimes; itthaṃ—thus; tau—They; bahu-yatnena—with great effort; militvā—meeting; sva- gaṇair—with Their5 associates; vṛtaḥ—accompanied; vihārair—with various; vividhais—pastimes; tatra—there; vane—ijn the foprest; vikrīḍito—enjoy mastimes; mudā—happily.

English translation of verse:

Pastimes of Midday Finally meeting after a great effort, the divine couple enjoy many happy pastimes in the forest with Their associates.

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