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:

श्री-सदाशिव उवाच <इ>साधु पृष्ठं महा-भाग सर्व-लोक-हितैषण
सु-गोप्यम् अपि वक्ष्यामि मन्त्र-चिन्तामणिं तव

śrī-sadāśiva uvāca sādhu pṛṣṭhaṃ mahā-bhāga sarva-loka-hitaiṣaṇa
su-gopyam api vakṣyāmi mantra-cintāmaṇiṃ tava

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

śrī-sadāśiva uvāca—Lord Sadāśiva said; sādhuexcellent; pṛṣṭham—asked; mahā-bhāgaO very fortunate one; sarva-lokaof all people; hitaiṣaṇa—desiring the welfare; su-gopyam—very secret; api—even; vakṣyāmi—I will tell; mantra-cintāmaṇim—the contamani jewel of mantras; tava—to you.

English translation of verse:

Lord Sadāśiva said: O fortunate one, your question is excellent. O you who wish for the welfare of all, I will tell you the secret cintāmaṇi jewel of the mantras.

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