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Sanatana

(iti murdhany anj alim adaya)
vaktum paramahamsya paddhatim -iha vyaktim gatanam hi yah
stddhanam bhuvane babhuva sanakadinam trtiyah pura
sangam bhakti rasam rahasyam adhuna bhaktesu sancarayann
ekah so vatatara visva gurave purnaya tasmai namah

iti thus; murdhani to h i s head; a 29j alim fo l d ed handsa; daya pl a c ing;
vaktum to speak; paramahamsaya of the paramahamsad;p addhatiim the path;
iha here; vyaktim man i f e s tat ions; iddhanam of this per fected soulsb; huvane
in the world;b abhuva became; sanaka by Sanaka adinam headed; trtiyah
the third; pura fo rme r ly; sa wi t h i n; angam i t s v a r ious parts; bhakti of p ur e
devotional service; rasam the nectar;r ahasyam co nf ident ial;a dhuna n ow;
bhaktesu to the devotees; sancarayan te aching; ekah o n e; sah he-n avatara
descended; visva of the universeg; urave the spi r i tual masterp; urnaya pe r fect
and complete; tasmai to him; namah I o f f er my respectful obeisances.

(Placing folded palms to his head) Of the four Sanakadi-kumaras, the perfect
souls that in ancient times appeared in this world to describe the path of the
swanlike pure devotees, the third one has now descended to teach the devotees the
secret nectar of pure dveotional service, I offer my respectful obeisances to him,
the spiritual master of the world.

Note: Here Srila Rupa Gosvami describes his elder brother, Srila Sanatana
Gosvami, who was an incarnation of Sanatana Kumara.
http://sixgoswamis.blogspot.com/

Text 9 - Lalitha Madhav
http://harekrishnainfo.blogspot.com/search/label/Lalita