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 ...
verse 248
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
ताश् च क्श्वेलीं क्शणं कृत्वा मिथः कान्त-कथाश्रयाः
व्याज-निद्रां हरेर् ज्ञात्वा कुतश्चिद् अनुमानतःtāś ca kśvelīṃ kśaṇaṃ kṛtvā mithaḥ kānta-kathāśrayāḥ
vyāja-nidrāṃ harer jñātvā kutaścid anumānataḥ
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
tās—them; ca—and; kśvelīṃ—joke; kśaṇaṃ—for a moment; kṛtvā—doing; mithaḥ—together; kānta—of the beloved; kathā—talking; āśrayāḥ—taking shelter; vyāja—pretended; nidrām—sleep; harer—of Lord Kṛṣṇa; jñātvā—understanding; kutaścid—somewhere; anumānataḥ—by inference.
English translation of verse:
As they playfully joked about their beloved Hari they could gradually understand that He was only pretending to sleep.