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 22
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
ज्ञानं च दुष्करं पुंसां कलि-काले विशेषतः
बहु-जन्म-शतैर् कस्यचिज् जायते क्वचित्jñānaṃ ca duṣkaraṃ puṃsāṃ kali-kāle viśeṣataḥ
bahu-janma-śatair kasyacij jāyate kvacit
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
jñānam—knowledge; ca—and; duṣkaram—difficult to attain; puṃsām—for people; kali-kāle—in the Kali-yuga; viśeṣataḥ—specifically; bahu-janma-śataiḥ—with many hundreds of births; kasyacit—of someone; jāyate—is manifested; kvacit—somewhere.
English translation of verse:
In the Kali-yuga transcendental knowledge is especially difficult to attain. After many hundreds of births, someone somewhere will attain it.