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:

प्रवासाख्यं रसं लेभे राधा वै कीर्तिदा-सुता
ततो वदन्ति मुनयः प्रवासं सङ्ग-विच्युतिम्

pravāsākhyaṃ rasaṃ lebhe rādhā vai kīrtidā-sutā
tato vadanti munayaḥ pravāsaṃ saṅga-vicyutim

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

pravāsagoing on a journey; ākhyaṃ—named; rasaṃ—mellow; lebhe—attained; rādhā—Rādhā; vai—indeed; kīrtidā-sutā—the daughter of Kīrtidā; tato—then; vadanti—say; munayaḥ—the sages; pravāsaṃ—gone away; saṅga-vicyutim—bereft of the association.

English translation of verse:

In this way Śrī Rādhā, the duaghter of Kīrtidā experiences the mellow of thinking Her beloved has gone away on a journey. In this way the sages described that mellow, where Śrī Rādhā is bereft of Her beloved's company.

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