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:

स्त्रीणां सन्दर्शनालाप- वर्जिना भूमि-शायिना
कामादि-सद्-गुणान् जित्वा बह्येन्द्रियान् नियम्य च

strīṇāṃ 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; kāmalust; 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.

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