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:

कल्प-व्र्क्श-निकुञ्जे ऽस्मिन् दिव्य-रत्न-मये गृहे
सित-कृश्ण-निशा-योग्य- वेषा याति सखी-युता

kalpa-vrkśa-nikuñje 'smin divya-ratna-maye gṛhe
sita-kṛṣṇa-niśā-yogya- veṣā yāti sakhī-yutā

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

kalpa-vrkśa-nikuñje—a grove of kalp-avrksa trees; asmin—in this; divya-ratna-maye—made of splendid jewels; gṛhe—in a palace; sita—bright; kṛṣṇa—or dark; niśā—night; yogya—appropriate; veṣā—garments; yāti—goes; sakhī- yutā—accompanied by Her friends.

English translation of verse:

Accompanied by Her friends and dressed in garments suitable for a bright or a dark night, Śrī Rādhā goes to a jewel palace in a kalpa-vṛkṣa grove.

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