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:

ताम्बूल-व्यजनैस् तत्र पाद-सम्वाहनादिभिः
सेव्यमानो भृशं ताभिः मोदितः प्रेसयीं स्मरन्

tāmbūla-vyajanais tatra pāda-samvāhanādibhiḥ
sevyamāno bhṛśaṃ tābhiḥ moditaḥ presayīṃ smaran

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

tāmbūlawith betelnuts; vyajanais—and fanning; tatra—there; pāda-samvāhanādibhiḥ—beginning with massaging the feet; sevyamāno—being served; bhṛśam—greatly; tābhiḥ—by the gopīs; moditaḥ—happy; presayīṃ—beloved; smaran—thinking.

English translation of verse:

Served by the gopīs who offer Him betelnuts, fan Him, and massage His feet, Lord Kṛṣṇa, His thoughts fixed on His beloved, becomes filled with happiness.

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