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:

सापि भुक्त्वा सखी-वर्ग- युता तद्-अनुपूर्वशः
सखीभिर् मन्दिता तिश्ठेद् अभिसर्तुं मुदान्विता

sāpi bhuktvā sakhī-varga- yutā tad-anupūrvaśaḥ
sakhībhir manditā tiśṭhed abhisartuṃ mudānvitā

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

sā—She; api—also; bhuktvā—eating; sakhī-varga—friends; yutā—with; tad-anupūrvaśaḥ—in sequence; sakhībhir—by the friends; manditā—decorated; tiśṭhed—stands; abhisartuṃ—to meet; mudānvitā—happy.

English translation of verse:

Then Śrī Rādhā and Her friends honor Lord Kṛṣṇa's remnants. Then, to prepare for Her meeting with Lord Kṛṣṇa, the gopīs decorate joyful Rādhā.

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