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:

व्रज-राज-सुतो वृन्दा- वने पूर्णतमो वसन्
सम्पूर्ण-षोडश-कलो विहारं कुरुते सदा

vraja-rāja-suto vṛndā- vane pūrṇatamo vasan
sampūrṇa-ṣoḍaśa-kalo vihāraṃ kurute sadā

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

vraja-rāja-suto—the son fo the king of Vraja; vṛndāvane—in Vṛndāvana; pūrṇatamo—most perfect; vasan—residing; sampūrṇa—perfect; ṣoḍaśa-kalo—full moon; vihāraṃ—pastimes; kurute—does; sadā—eternally.

English translation of verse:

Nanda's son, who is the prince of Vraja, who stays in Vṛndāvana forest and enjoys pastimes there eternally, and who is like a perfectly full moon, is the most-perfect form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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