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:

धन-धन्यादिस् तंश् च प्रीणयित्वा विधानतः
जनैर् आकारितो मात्रा याति शय्या-निकेतनम्

dhana-dhanyādis taṃś ca prīṇayitvā vidhānataḥ
janair ākārito mātrā yāti śayyā-niketanam

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

dhana-dhanyādis—with wealth and other gifts; taṃś—them; ca—and; prīṇayitvā—pleasing; vidhānataḥ—by giving; janair—by the people; ākārito—called; mātrā—by His mother; yāti—goes; śayyā- niketanam—to His bedroom.

English translation of verse:

Then Lord Kṛṣṇa pleases the artists and performers with many valuable gifts and then, called by His mother, He goes to bed.

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