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:

द्वारकाधिपतिर् द्वार- वत्यां पूर्णस् त्व् असौ वसन्
चतुर्दश-कला-युक्तो विहरत्य् एव सर्वदा

dvārakādhipatir dvāra- vatyāṃ pūrṇas tv asau vasan
caturdaśa-kalā-yukto viharaty eva sarvadā

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

dvārakāof Dvaraka; adhipatir—the king; dvāravatyāṃ—in Dvaraka; pūrṇas—perfect; tu—indeed; asau—He; vasan—residing; caturdaśa-kalā-yukto—the moon two days before becoming full; viharaty—enjoys pastimes; eva—indeed; sarvadā—eternally.

English translation of verse:

The king of Dvārakā, who stays in Dvārakā, and enjoys pastimes there eternally, and who is like a moon two days before being perfectly full, is the perfect form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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