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:

श्रान्तो क्वचिद् वृक्श-मूलम् आसाद्य मुनि-सत्तम
उपविश्यासने दिव्ये मधु-पानं प्रचक्रतुः

śrānto kvacid vṛkśa-mūlam āsādya muni-sattama
upaviśyāsane divye madhu-pānaṃ pracakratuḥ

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

śrānto—tired; kvacid—sometimes; vṛkśa-mūlam—at the root of a tree; āsādya—attaining; muni-sattama—O best of sages; upaviśya—sitting; āsane—on a seat; divye—splendid; madhu- pānaṃ—drinking nectar; pracakratuḥ—do.

English translation of verse:

O best of sages, sometimes They become tired. Then, sitting on a splendid throne under a tree, They drink nectar.

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