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 25
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
लभ्यते केवलं भक्त्या सा चापि दुर्लभा कलौ
इत्थं चिन्ता-कुलाद् एव त्वाम् अहं शरणं गतःlabhyate kevalaṃ bhaktyā sā cāpi durlabhā kalau
itthaṃ cintā-kulād eva tvām ahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
labhyate—is attained; kevalam—only; bhaktyā—by devotional service; sā—that; ca—and; api—also; durlabhā—rare; kalau—in Kali- yuga; ittham—thus; cintā-kulāt—because of many anxieities; eva—indeed; tvām—of you; aham—I; śaraṇam—shelter; gataḥ—attained.
English translation of verse:
Lord Hari is attained only by devotional service, service that in Kali-yuga is rare and difficult to attain. That is why I, pushed by a host of worries, now take shelter of you.