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:

एवं तौ विविधैर् हासै रममानौ गणैः सह
अनुभूय क्शणं निद्रा- सुखं च मुनि-सत्तम

evaṃ tau vividhair hāsai ramamānau gaṇaiḥ saha
anubhūya kśaṇaṃ nidrā- sukhaṃ ca muni-sattama

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

evaṃ—thus; tau—They; vividhair—with various; hāsai—joking words; ramamānau—enjoying; gaṇaiḥ—associates; saha—with; anubhūya—experiencing; kśaṇaṃ—for a moment; nidrā—of sleep; sukhaṃ—the happiness; ca—and; muni-sattama—O best of sages.

English translation of verse:

O best of sages, in this way the divine couple enjoyed a pleant nap and a host of happy joking words.

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