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:

राधया सह रूपेण निजेन रमते स्वयम्
इति माधुर्य-लीलायाः शक्तिर् नैशतया हरेः

rādhayā saha rūpeṇa nijena ramate svayam
iti mādhurya-līlāyāḥ śaktir naiśatayā hareḥ

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

rādhayā—Śrī Rādhā; saha—with; rūpeṇa—with the form; nijena—own; ramate—enjoys; svayam—personally; iti—thus; mādhurya—of sweetness; līlāyāḥ—of pastimes; śaktir—the potency; na—not; īśatayā——with opulence; hareḥ—of Lord Hari.

English translation of verse:

When in His original form Lord Kṛṣṇa enjoys pastimes with Śrī Rādhā, He manifests the potency of His pastimes of sweetness. At that time He does not manifest the potency of His pastimes of opulence.

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