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 ...

Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:

सा तु साक्षान् महा-लक्ष्मीः कृष्णो नारायणः प्रभुः
न तयोर् विद्यते भेदः स्व्-अल्पो ऽपि मुनि-सत्तम

sā tu sākṣān mahā-lakṣmīḥ kṛṣṇo nārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ
na tayor vidyate bhedaḥ sv-alpo 'pi muni-sattama

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

sā—She; tu—indeed; sākṣān—directly; mahā-lakṣmīḥGoddess Mahā-Lakṣmī; kṛṣṇaḥLord Kṛṣṇa; nārāyaṇaḥNārāyaṇa; prabhuḥLord; na—not; tayoḥ—of Them; vidyate—is; bhedaḥdifference; sv-alpaḥ—slight; api—even; muni-sattama—O best of the sages.

English translation of verse:

She is directly Goddess Mahā-Lakṣmī and Lord Kṛṣṇa is Lord Nārāyaṇa. O best of sages, there is not the slightest difference between Them.

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