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:

वासुदेवः पूर्णतरो मथुरायं वसन् पुरि
कलाभिः पञ्चदशाभिर् युतः क्रीडति सर्वदा

vāsudevaḥ pūrṇataro mathurāyaṃ vasan puri
kalābhiḥ pañcadaśābhir yutaḥ krīḍati sarvadā

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

vāsudevaḥthe son of Vasudeva; pūrṇataro—more perfect; mathurāyaṃ—in Mathurā; vasan—residing; puri—in the city; kalābhiḥ—with phases of the moon; pa 24cadaśābhir—fifteen; yutaḥ—endowed; krīḍati—enjoys pastimes; sarvadā—eternally.

English translation of verse:

Vasudeva's son, who stays in Mathurā City and enjoys pastimes there eternally, and who is like a moon one day before being perfectly full, is the more-perfect form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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