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 157
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
व्यापकत्वाच् चिद्-अंशेन मां ब्रह्मेति विदुर् बुधाः
अकर्तृत्वात् प्रपञ्चस्य निष्क्रियं मां वदन्त्य् अपिvyāpakatvāc cid-aṃśena māṃ brahmeti vidur budhāḥ
akartṛtvāt prapañcasya niṣkriyaṃ māṃ vadanty api
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
vyāpakatvāt—because of being all-pervading; cid- aṃśena—with a fragment of spiritual consciousness; mām—Me; brahma—the Brahman; iti—thus; viduḥ—know; budhāḥ—the wise; akartṛtvāt—because of not acting; prapañcasya—of the material world; niṣkriyam—without action; mām—Me; vadanti—say; api—also.
English translation of verse:
"With a single fragment of consciousness I pervade everything. That is why the philosophers think I am the formless Brahman. My actions have nothing to do with the world of matter. That is why the philosophers say I am inactive.