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 ...
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Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
आन्दोलिका-शाखारूढौ सखीभिर् दोलितौ क्वचित्
क्वचिद् वेणुं कर-स्रस्तं प्रियया चोरितां हरिःāndolikā-śākhārūḍhau sakhībhir dolitau kvacit
kvacid veṇuṃ kara-srastaṃ priyayā coritāṃ hariḥ
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
āndolikā—a swing; śākha—on a branch; ārūḍhau—climbed; sakhībhir—by friends; dolitau—swung; kvacit—sometimes; kvacid—sometimes; veṇum—the flute; kara—from the hand; srastaṃ—fallen; priyayā—by the beloved; coritāṃ—stolen; hariḥ—Lord Hari.
English translation of verse:
Sometimes Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa enjoy pastimes on a swing hanging from a tree branch and pushed by the gopīs. Sometimes Rādhā steals the flute from Lord Kṛṣṇa's hand.