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 78
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
त्रैलोक्ये पृथिवी धन्या जम्बुद्वीपो यतः परम्
तत्रापि भारतं वर्षं तत्रापि मथुरा पुरीtrailokye pṛthivī dhanyā jambudvīpo yataḥ param
tatrāpi bhārataṃ varṣaṃ tatrāpi mathurā purī
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
trailokye—in the three worlds; pṛthivī—the earth; dhanyā—fortunate; jambudvīpaḥ—Jambudvīpa; yataḥ—than which; param—greater; tatrāpi—still; bhārataṃ varṣam—Bharata-varṣa; tatrāpi—still; mathurā purī—the city of Mathurā.
English translation of verse:
In the three worlds the most fortunate place is the earthly planets. The best of them is Jambudvīpa. In Jambudvīpa the best place is Bhārata-varṣa. In Bhārata-varṣa the best place is Mathurā-purī.