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:

यत् साक्षात् सेवनं तस्य प्रेम्णा भगवतो भवेत्
स मोक्षः प्रोच्यते प्राज्ञैर् वेद-वेदाङ्ग-वेदिभिः

yat sākṣāt sevanaṃ tasya premṇā bhagavato bhavet
sa mokṣaḥ procyate prājñair veda-vedāṅga-vedibhiḥ

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

yat—what; sākṣāt—direct; sevanam—service; tasya—of him; premṇā—with love; bhagavataḥof the Supreme Personality of Godhead; bhavet—may be; saḥ—that; mokṣaḥliberation; procyate—is said; prājñaiḥ—by the wise; veda-vedāṅga-vedibhiḥ—learned in the Vedas and Vedāṅgas.

English translation of verse:

Service to the spiritual master is the same as direct loving service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The wise, who are learned in the Vedas and Vedāṅgas, declare that this service is the path to liberation.

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