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 ...
verse 73
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
ततः सा प्रोच्यते विप्र ह्लादिनीति मनीषिभिः
तत्-कला-कोटि-कोट्य्-अंशा दुर्गाद्यास् त्रि-गुणात्मिकाःtataḥ sā procyate vipra hlādinīti manīṣibhiḥ
tat-kalā-koṭi-koṭy-aṃśā durgādyās tri-guṇātmikāḥ
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
tataḥ—then; sā—She; procyate—is said; vipra—O brāhmaṇa; hlādinī—hladini-sakti; iti—thus; manīṣibhiḥ—by the wise; tat-kalā-koṭi- koṭy-aṃśā—the parts of nthe parts of the parts; durgādyāḥ—headed by Goddess Durgā; tri-guṇātmikāḥ—the goddesses in the world of the three modes.
English translation of verse:
The wise say that She is the pleasure potency of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Durgā and the other goddesses in the world of the three modes are a million-millionth part of one of Her expansions.