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 117
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
श्री-कृष्ण-गुण-लीलादेः स्मरणादि तथा चरेत्
न पुनः साधनत्वेन कार्यं तत् तु कदाचनśrī-kṛṣṇa-guṇa-līlādeḥ smaraṇādi tathā caret
na punaḥ sādhanatvena kāryaṃ tat tu kadācana
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
śrī-kṛṣṇa-guṇa-līlādeḥ—of Lord Kṛṣṇa's virtues, pastimes, and other things; smaraṇādi—beginning with remembering; tathā—so; caret—should do; na—not; punaḥ—again; sādhanatvena—with sadhana-bhakti; kāryam—to be done; tat—that; tu—indeed; kadācana—ever.
English translation of verse:
In the same way the devotee should always remember, hear about, and glorify Lord Kṛṣṇa virtues, pastimes, and everything else about the Lord. A devotee need do nothing but this.