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:
श्री-नारद उवाच <इ>वृन्दे श्री-नन्द-पुत्रस्य माधुर्य-क्रीडणे कथम्
ऐश्वर्यस्य प्रकाशो ऽभूद् इति मे छिन्धि संशयम्śrī-nārada uvāca vṛnde śrī-nanda-putrasya mādhurya-krīḍaṇe katham
aiśvaryasya prakāśo 'bhūd iti me chindhi saṃśayam
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
śrī-nārada uvāca—Śrī Nārada said; vṛnde—O Vṛndā; śrī-nanda- putrasya—of King Nanda's son; mādhurya—of sweetness; krīḍaṇe—in the pastimes; katham—how?; aiśvaryasya—of opulence; prakāśo—manifestation; abhūd—was; iti—thus; me—of me; chindhi—cut; saṃśayam—the doubt.
English translation of verse:
Śrī Nārada said: O Vṛndā-devī, if His pastimes of sweetness are like this, then when does Lord Kṛṣṇa manifest His pastimes of opulence? Please cut apart my doubt.