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 221
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
पितरं मातरं नत्वा नेत्रान्तेन प्रिया-गणान्
यथा-योग्यं तथा चान्यान् सन्निवर्त्य वनं व्रजेत्pitaraṃ mātaraṃ natvā netrāntena priyā-gaṇān
yathā-yogyaṃ tathā cānyān sannivartya vanaṃ vrajet
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
pitaraṃ—father; mātaraṃ—mother; natvā—bowing; netrāntena—with the corner of His eyes; priyā-gaṇān—to the dear gopīs; yathā- yogyaṃ—as appropriate; tathā—so; ca—also; anyān—others; sannivartya—sending back; vanaṃ—to the forest; vrajet—went.
English translation of verse:
Bowing down before His father and mother, casting sidelong glances at His gopī-beloveds, and dealing appropriately with all the others, Lord Kṛṣṇa sent them all back. Then He again proceeded to the forest.