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 110
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
इत्थं गुरोर् लब्ध-मन्त्रो गुरु-भक्ति-परायणः
सेवमानो गुरुं नित्यं तत्-कृपां भावयेत् सुधीःitthaṃ guror labdha-mantro guru-bhakti-parāyaṇaḥ
sevamāno guruṃ nityaṃ tat-kṛpāṃ bhāvayet sudhīḥ
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
ittham—thus; guroḥ—of the spiritual master; labdha- mantraḥ—attained the mantra; guru-bhakti-parāyaṇaḥ—devoted to the spiritual master; sevamānaḥ—serving; gurum—the spiritual master; nityam—always; tat-kṛpām—his mercy; bhāvayet—should cause; sudhīḥ—a wise person.
English translation of verse:
After receiving the mantras, the wise disciple should always devotedly serve his spiritual master. In this way he inspires the spiritual master's mercy to him.