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:

शरणं वां प्रपन्नो ऽस्मि करुणा-निकराकरौ
प्रसादं कुरुतं दास्यं मयि दुष्टे ऽपराधिनि

śaraṇaṃ vāṃ prapanno 'smi karuṇā-nikarākarau
prasādaṃ kurutaṃ dāsyaṃ mayi duṣṭe 'parādhini

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

śaraṇam—shelter; vām—You both; prapannaḥ—surrendered; asmi—I am; karuṇā-nikarākarau—O two oceans of mercy; prasādam—mercy; kurutam—please do; dāsyam—service; mayi—to me; duṣṭe—wicked; aparādhini—an offender.

English translation of verse:

"O Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, You are like two great oceans of mercy. Please be merciful to me. I take shelter of You. I surrender to You. Please engage me, a sinner and an offender, in Your service."

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