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 158
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
माया-गुणैर् युता मे ऽंशाः कुर्वन्ति सृजनादिकम्
न करोमि स्वयं किञ्चित् सृष्ट्य्-आदिकम् अहं शिवmāyā-guṇair yutā me 'ṃśāḥ kurvanti sṛjanādikam
na karomi svayaṃ kiñcit sṛṣṭy-ādikam ahaṃ śiva
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
māyā—of matter; guṇaiḥ—with the qualities; yutā—endowed; me—of Me; aṃśāḥ—parts; kurvanti—do; sṛjana—material creation; ādikam—beginning with; na—not; karomi—I do; svayam—personally; kiñcit—anything; sṛṣṭy-ādikam—beginning with creation; aham—I; śiva—O Śiva.
English translation of verse:
"Filled with the modes of material nature, the demigods, who are My parts and parcels, create, maintain, and destroy the material universes. O Śiva, I do not Myself create, maintain, or destroy them.