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:
मन्त्रस्य प्रथमा-वर्णो बिन्दुना परितो ऽञ्चितः
गमित्वेव भवेद् बीजं नमः शक्तिर् इहोदिताmantrasya prathamā-varṇo bindunā parito 'ñcitaḥ
gamitveva bhaved bījaṃ namaḥ śaktir ihoditā
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
mantrasya—of the mantra; prathamā-varṇaḥ—the first syllable; bindunā—with the bindu letter; paritaḥ—everywhere; a 24citaḥ—adorned; gamitvā—going; iva—like; bhavet—should be; bījam—the seed; namaḥ—obeisances; śaktiḥ—the power; iha—here; uditā—spoken.
English translation of verse:
The first syllable should be adorned with the bindu letter. That is the bīja-syllable. The śakti is said to be the word namaḥ" (obeisances).