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 ...
verse 5
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
स्त्रीणां सन्दर्शनालाप- वर्जिना भूमि-शायिना
कामादि-सद्-गुणान् जित्वा बह्येन्द्रियान् नियम्य चstrīṇāṃ sandarśanālāpa- varjinā bhūmi-śāyinā
kāmādi-sad-guṇān jitvā bahyendriyān niyamya ca
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
strīṇām—of women; sandarśana—seeing; ālāpa—and talking; varjinā—without; bhūmi-śāyinā—resting on the ground; kāma—lust; ādi——beginning with; ṣaḍ—six; guṇān—qualities; jitvā—defeating; bahyendriyān—external senses; niyamya—controlling; ca—and.
English translation of verse:
I neither saw nor spoke to women. I slept on the ground. I conquered the six vices, beginning with lust, and I controlled the external senses.