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:

वनं प्रविश्य सखिभिः क्रीडित्वा च क्शणं ततः
वण्चयित्वा च तान् सर्वान् द्वि-त्रैः प्रिय-सखैर् युतः

vanaṃ praviśya sakhibhiḥ krīḍitvā ca kśaṇaṃ tataḥ
vaṇcayitvā ca tān sarvān dvi-traiḥ priya-sakhair yutaḥ

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

vanaṃthe forest; praviśya—entering; sakhibhiḥ—with His friends; krīḍitvā—playing; ca—and; kśaṇaṃ—a moment; tataḥ—then; vaṇcayitvā—stealing; ca—and; tān—them; sarvān—all; dvi-traiḥ—with two or three; priya-sakhair—dear friends; yutaḥ—endgaged.

English translation of verse:

Lord Kṛṣṇa entered the forest, played for a while with His friends, and then slipped away with two or three especially close friends.

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