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:

समब्रवीत् तदा कृश्णः स्व-शिष्यं मां स्वकं रसं
ब्रवीमि त्वां शृणुष्वाद्य ब्रह्मादीनाम् अगोचरम्

samabravīt tadā kṛṣṇaḥ sva-śiṣyaṃ māṃ svakaṃ rasaṃ
bravīmi tvāṃ śṛṇuṣvādya brahmādīnām agocaram

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

samabravīt—spoke; tadā—then; kṛṣṇaḥ—Lord Kṛṣṇa; sva- śiṣyaṃ—to His disciple; māṃ—me; svakaṃ—own; rasaṃ—nectar; bravīmi—I speak; tvāṃ—to you; śṛṇuṣva—please hear; adya—now; brahmādīnām—headed by Brahmā; agocaram—not within the range of perception.

English translation of verse:

Then Lord Kṛṣṇa described His nectar pastimes to me, his disciple. O Śrī Nārada, now you may happily hear what even Brahmā and all the demigods do not know. I will tell it to you.

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