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 284
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
सार्ध-याम-द्वयं नित्वा रात्रेर् एवं विहारतः
सुषुप्सुर् विशेत् कुञ्जं पञ्चशाभिर् अलक्शितैःsārdha-yāma-dvayaṃ nitvā rātrer evaṃ vihārataḥ
suṣupsur viśet kuñjaṃ pañcaśābhir alakśitaiḥ
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
sārdha-yāma-dvayaṃ—7 12 hours; nitvā—passing; rātrer—of the night; evaṃ—thus; vihārataḥ—enjoy pastimes; suṣupsur—sleepy; viśet—enter; kuñjaṃ—forest grove; pa 24caśābhir—with five or six; alakśitaiḥ—unseen.
English translation of verse:
After enjoying pastimes for seven and a half hours of the night, Lord Kṛṣṇa becomes sleepy. Accompanied by five or six gopīs and unseen by the others, He enters another forest.