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-वृन्दोवाच <इ>मुने माधुर्य-मय्यास्ति लीला-शक्तिर् हरेर् दृढा
तया पृथक् कृतः क्रीडेद् गोपिकाभिः समं हरिःśrī-vṛndovāca mune mādhurya-mayyāsti līlā-śaktir harer dṛḍhā
tayā pṛthak kṛtaḥ krīḍed gopikābhiḥ samaṃ hariḥ
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
śrī-vṛndā uvāca—Śrī Vṛndā said; mune—O sage; mādhurya- mayy—consisting of sweetness; asti—is; līlā—of pastimes; śaktir—the optency; harer—of Lord Kṛṣṇa; dṛḍhā—firm; tayā—with that; pṛthak—specific; kṛtaḥ—done; krīḍed—enjoys pastimes; gopikābhiḥ—the gopīs; samaṃ—with; hariḥ—Lord Hari.
English translation of verse:
Śrī Vṛndā said: O sage, the powerful potency of the pastimes of sweetness is one of Lord Hari's potencies. With that potency Lord Hari enjoys pastimes with the gopīs.