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 ...
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Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
स्व-पद-प्रणतं शान्तं शुश्रूषुं निज-पादयोः
अति-हृष्ट-मनाः शिष्यं गुरुर् अध्यापयेन् मनुम्sva-pada-praṇataṃ śāntaṃ śuśrūṣuṃ nija-pādayoḥ
ati-hṛṣṭa-manāḥ śiṣyaṃ gurur adhyāpayen manum
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
sva-pada-praṇatam—bowed to his feet; śāntam—peaceful; śuśrūṣum—faithful; nija-pādayoḥ—at his own feet; ati-hṛṣṭa—very pleased; manāḥ—at heart; śiṣyam—the disciple; guruḥ—the spiritual master; adhyāpayen—instructs; manum—the mantra.
English translation of verse:
Happy at heart, the spiritual master then teaches the sacred mantra to the disciple who is peaceful, who has faith in his spiritual master's feet, and who is surrendered to his spiritual master's feet.