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:
विना न्यासां तथा मन्त्रो जप्तः कल्प-शतैर् अपि
न भवेत् फलदः पूर्वं इत्य् उक्तं मे स्वयम्भुवाvinā nyāsāṃ tathā mantro japtaḥ kalpa-śatair api
na bhavet phaladaḥ pūrvaṃ ity uktaṃ me svayambhuvā
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
vinā—without; nyāsām—nyasa; tathā—so; mantraḥ—mantra; japtaḥ—chanted; kalpa—kalpas; śataiḥ—hundreds; api—even; na—not; bhavet—may be; phaladaḥ—giving results; pūrvam—before; iti—thus; uktam—said; me—of me; svayambhuvā—by Brahmā.
English translation of verse:
Lord Brahmā told me that a mantra chanted for hundreds of kalpas will not bring the proper result if not performed with the proper nyāsas.