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 ...
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Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
प्राकृतैक-गुणाभावाद् अनन्तत्वात् तथेश्वर
अप्रसिद्ध्या मद्-गुणानां निर्गुणं मां वदन्ति हिprākṛtaika-guṇābhāvād anantatvāt tatheśvara
aprasiddhyā mad-guṇānāṃ nirguṇaṃ māṃ vadanti hi
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
prākṛta—material; eka—one; guṇa—quality; abhāvāt—because of the absence of; anantatvāt—because of being endless; tathā—so; īśvara—O Śiva; aprasiddhyā—because of a lack of attaining perfect knowledge; mad-guṇānām—of My qualities; nirguṇam—without qualities; mām—Me; vadanti—say; hi—indeed.
English translation of verse:
"Of all My qualities, not a single one is made of matter. My qualities are all limitless and eternal. No one can understand them perfectly or completely. That is why the Upaniṣads say I have no qualities.