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:

एवम् एव प्रयत्नेन साधनानि परित्यजन्
स्वेष्ट-देवौ सदा भाव्यौ गतिस् तौ मे भवेद् इति

evam eva prayatnena sādhanāni parityajan
sveṣṭa-devau sadā bhāvyau gatis tau me bhaved iti

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

evam—thus; eva—indeed; prayatnena—carefully; sādhanāni—methods; parityajan—rejecting; sveṣṭa-devau—the two chosen Deities; sadāalways; bhāvyau—should be; gatiḥthe destination; tau—They; me—of me; bhavet—should be; iti—thus.

English translation of verse:

Renouncing all other goals, one should think, "Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa are the only goal of my life."

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