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:

मातरि प्रस्थितायां तु भोजयित्वा ततो गृहान्
सङ्केतकं कान्तयात्र समागच्छेद् अलक्शितः

mātari prasthitāyāṃ tu bhojayitvā tato gṛhān
saṅketakaṃ kāntayātra samāgacched alakśitaḥ

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

mātari—when His mother; prasthitāyāṃ—had gone; tu—indeed; bhojayitvā—feeding; tato—then; gṛhāt—from the house; saṅketakaṃ—to the meeting; kāntayā—with His beloved; atra—here; samāgacched—went; alakśitaḥ—unseen.

English translation of verse:

When, after giving Him a nightime snack, mother Yaśodā left the bedroom, unseen by anyone, Lord Kṛṣṇa left His home and went to meet His beloved.

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