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:

मथुरां मथुरा-नाथो वासुदेवो जगाम ह
अन्तर्हिते नन्द-सुते श्रीमद्-वृन्दावने मुने

mathurāṃ mathurā-nātho vāsudevo jagāma ha
antarhite nanda-sute śrīmad-vṛndāvane mune

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

mathurāṃto Mathurā; mathurā-nātho—the king of Mathurā; vāsudevo—the son of Vasudeva; jagāma—went; ha—indeed; antarhite—disappeared; nanda-sute—the son of Nanda; śrīmad- vṛndāvane—in ebautiful Vṛndāvana; mune—O sage.

English translation of verse:

O sage, it is the Lord's feature as the son of Vasudeva and the king of Mathurā who goes to Mathurā. The son of Nanda does not go. He merely hides in beautiful Vṛndāvana.

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