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:

कामा राधा च मथुरा- विरहेण निपीडिता
कुरुक्शेत्रं गता तीर्थ- यत्र परम-लालसा

kāmā rādhā ca mathurā- viraheṇa nipīḍitā
kurukśetraṃ gatā tīrtha- yatra parama-lālasā

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

kāmāenjoying amorous pastimes; rādhā—Śrī Rādhā; ca—and; mathurāMathura; viraheṇa—in separation; nipīḍitā—distressed; kurukśetraṃ—to Kurukśetra; gatā—went; tīrtha-yātrā—on pilgrimage; parama-lālasā—yearning to meet Lord Kṛṣṇa.

English translation of verse:

When Lord Kṛṣṇa went to Mathurā, Śrī Rādhā became very unhappy in His absence. Yearning to meet Him again, She went on pilgirmage to Kurukśetra.

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