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 9
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
एवम्-आदि-गुणिर् युक्तो बहु-वर्ष-शतं ततः
संसाध्य वैष्णवान् मन्त्रान् निर्वेदं गतवान् अहम्evam-ādi-guṇir yukto bahu-varṣa-śataṃ tataḥ
saṃsādhya vaiṣṇavān mantrān nirvedaṃ gatavān aham
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
evam-ādi-guṇiḥ—with qualities like these; yuktaḥ—endowed; bahu-varṣa-śatam—for many hundreds of years; tataḥ—then; saṃsādhya—attained; vaiṣṇavān—of Lord Viṣṇu; mantrān—mantras; nirvedam—renunciation; gatavān—attained; aham—I.
English translation of verse:
Worshiping the Lord in this way for many hundreds of years, I learned many Viṣṇu-mantras. I gave up all attachment for the material world.