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:

अदृश्यत्वान् ममैतस्य रूपस्य चर्म-चक्षुषा
अरूपं म वदन्त्य् एते वेदाः सर्वे ममेश्वर

adṛśyatvān mamaitasya rūpasya carma-cakṣuṣā
arūpaṃ ma vadanty ete vedāḥ sarve mameśvara

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

adṛśyatvāt—beacuse of being invisible; mama—of Me; etasya—of this; rūpasya—form; carma-cakṣuṣā—by material eyes; arūpam—formless; mām—Me; vadanti—say; ete—they; vedāḥthe Vedas; sarve—all; mama—of Me; īśvaraO Śiva.

English translation of verse:

"O Śiva, My form cannot be seen by material eyes. That is why the Vedas say I am formless.

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