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 ...

Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:

अनन्य-शरणो नित्यं तथैवानन्य-साधनः
अनन्य-साधनार्थो च स्याद् अनन्य-प्रयोजनः

ananya-śaraṇo nityaṃ tathaivānanya-sādhanaḥ
ananya-sādhanārtho ca syād ananya-prayojanaḥ

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

ananya—without another; śaraṇaḥshelter; nityam—always; tathā—so; eva—indeed; ananya-sādhanaḥwithout another means; ananya- sādhanaanother means; arthaḥ—purpose; ca—and; syāt—may be; ananya- prayojanaḥ—without another goal.

English translation of verse:

One should take shelter of Lord Kṛṣṇa. One should not take shelter of anyone but Him. One should not strive to attain anyone but Him. One should not desire anyone but Him. One should not have any goal but Him.

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