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 104
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
सर्वस्वं गुरवे दद्यात् तद्-अर्धं वा महा-मुने
स्व-देहम् अपि निक्षिप्तं पुरस् तिष्ठेद् अकिञ्चनःsarvasvaṃ gurave dadyāt tad-ardhaṃ vā mahā-mune
sva-deham api nikṣiptaṃ puras tiṣṭhed akiñcanaḥ
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
sarvasvam—treasure; gurave—to the spiritual master; dadyāt—should give; tad-ardham—half; vā—or; mahā-mune—O great sage; sva-deham—own body; api—even; nikṣiptam—offered; puraḥ—before; tiṣṭhet—should stand; akiñcanaḥ—penniless.
English translation of verse:
O great sage, then the disciple should offer all his wealth to his spiritual master, or he may offer half his wealth, or, being penniless, he may offer his body in the spiritual master's service.