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:

निर्वृन्त-कुसुमैः क्ल्प्ते केलि-तल्पे मनोहरे
सुप्तावतिश्ठां तत्र सेव्यमानौ प्रियालिभिः

nirvṛnta-kusumaiḥ klpte keli-talpe manohare
suptāvatiśṭhāṃ tatra sevyamānau priyālibhiḥ

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

nirvṛnta-kusumaiḥ—with flowers without stems; klpte—made; keli-talpe—on a pastime bed; manohare—beautiful; suptāvatiśṭhāṃ—slept; tatra—there; sevyamānau—served; priyālibhiḥ—by Their dear gopī friends.

English translation of verse:

Served by Their dear gopī friends, the divine couple sleeps there on a beautiful pastime-bed made of unstemmed flowers.

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