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 142
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
मन्त्र-रत्नम् अहं पूर्वं जपन् कैलास-मूर्धनि
ध्यायन् नारायणं देवं अवसं गहने वनेmantra-ratnam ahaṃ pūrvaṃ japan kailāsa-mūrdhani
dhyāyan nārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ avasaṃ gahane vane
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
mantra—of mantras; ratnam—jewel; aham—I; pūrvam—before; japan—chanting; kailāsa-mūrdhani—on the top of Mount Kailāsa; dhyāyan—meditating; nārāyaṇaṃ devam—on Lord Nārāyaṇa; avasam—residing; gahane—deep; vane—in the forest.
English translation of verse:
In the past I lived deep in the forest on Mount Kailāsa's summit. Chanting the jewel of mantras, I meditated on Lord Nārāyaṇa.