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 ...
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Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
चन्दनेन मृदा वापि विलिखेत् बहु-मूलयोः
वाम-दक्षिणयोर् विप्र शङ्ख-चक्रे यथा क्रमम्candanena mṛdā vāpi vilikhet bahu-mūlayoḥ
vāma-dakṣiṇayor vipra śaṅkha-cakre yathā kramam
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
candanena—with sandal paste; mṛdā—clay; vā—or; api—also; vilikhet—should write; bahu-mūlayoḥ—on the shoulders; vāma—left; dakṣiṇayoḥ—and right; vipra—O brāhmaṇa; śaṅkha-cakre—a conchshell and disc; yathā—as; kramam—in sequence.
English translation of verse:
O brāhmaṇa, using sandal paste or clay, the spiritual master should draw a conchshell and cakra on the left and right shoulders.