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 103
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
ततो ऽति-भक्त्या स-स्नेहं वैष्णवान् भोजयेद् बुधः
श्री-गुरुं पूजयेच् चापि वस्त्रालङ्कारणादिभिःtato 'ti-bhaktyā sa-snehaṃ vaiṣṇavān bhojayed budhaḥ
śrī-guruṃ pūjayec cāpi vastrālaṅkāraṇādibhiḥ
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
tataḥ—then; ati—with great; bhaktyā—devotion; sa-sneham—with affection; vaiṣṇavān—the devotees; bhojayet—should feed; budhaḥ—wise; śrī-gurum—the spiritual master; pūjayet—should worship; ca—also; api—and; vastrālaṅkāraṇādibhiḥ—with garments, ornaments, and other gifts.
English translation of verse:
Then the wise disciple should affectionately and devotedly feast the Vaiṣṇavas, and then he should worship the spiritual master with garments, ornaments, and other gifts.