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:

दम्भाहङ्कार-परमाः पाप-पैशुन्य-तत्-पराः
गो-ब्राह्मनाणां हान्तारो महोपपातकान्विताः

dambhāhaṅkāra-paramāḥ pāpa-paiśunya-tat-parāḥ
go-brāhmanāṇāṃ hāntāro mahopapātakānvitāḥ

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

dambhāhaṅkāra-paramāḥthey who are overcome with pride and ego; pāpa-paiśunya-tat-parāḥdevoted to sins; go- brāhmanāṇām—of cows and brāhmaṇas; hāntāraḥ—killers; mahopapātakānvitāḥ—committed great sins.

English translation of verse:

They who are overcome with pride and ego, who are intent on committing sins, who are killers of cows and brāhmaṇas, and who are the greatest of sinners, are also eligible.

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