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:

वृन्दापि नारदं दृष्ट्वा प्रणम्यापि पुनः पुनः
उवाच तं मुनि-श्रेष्ठ कथम् अत्रागतिस् तव

vṛndāpi nāradaṃ dṛṣṭvā praṇamyāpi punaḥ punaḥ
uvāca taṃ muni-śreṣṭha katham atrāgatis tava

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

vṛndā—Vṛndā; api—also; nāradam—Śrī Nārada; dṛṣṭvā—seeing; praṇamya—bowing down; api—also; punaḥ—again; punaḥ—and again; uvāca—said; tam—to him; muni-śreṣṭhaO best of sages; katham—why?; atra—here; āgatiḥ—come; tava—you.

English translation of verse:

Seeing Nārada, Vṛndā bowed before him again and again. "O best of sages, why have you come here?" she said.

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