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 53
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
सकृद् उच्चरणाद् अस्य कृत-कृत्यो न संशयः
तथापि दशाधा नित्यं जपाद्य्-अर्थं विभावयन्sakṛd uccaraṇād asya kṛta-kṛtyo na saṃśayaḥ
tathāpi daśādhā nityaṃ japādy-arthaṃ vibhāvayan
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
sakṛt—once; uccaraṇāt—by chanting; asya—of this; kṛta- kṛtyaḥ—successful; na—no; saṃśayaḥ—doubt; tathāpi—still; daśādhā—ten times; nityam—always; japādy-artham—for japa; vibhāvayan—meditating.
English translation of verse:
By once chanting this mantra one attains success. Of this there is no doubt. Still, for the purpose of chanting japa one should chant this mantra ten times daily.