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 38
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
सर्वे ऽधिकारिणश् चात्र चाण्डालान्ता मुनीश्वरः
स्त्रियः सुद्रादयश् चापि जड-मूकान्ध-पुङ्गवाःsarve 'dhikāriṇaś cātra cāṇḍālāntā munīśvaraḥ
striyaḥ sudrādayaś cāpi jaḍa-mūkāndha-puṅgavāḥ
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
sarve—all; adhikāriṇaḥ—qualified; ca—and; atra—here; cāṇḍālāntā—ending in outcastes; munīśvaraḥ—the kings of the sages; striyaḥ—women; sudra—sudras; ādayaḥ—beginning with; ca—and; api—also; jaḍa—paralyzed; mūka—mute; andha—blind; paṅgavaḥ—lame.
English translation of verse:
All, from the lowest outcaste to the greatest sage, are eligible to chant this mantra. Women, śūdras, and all others are eligible. The paralyzed, mute, blind, and lame are eligible.