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 161
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
अस्याश् च परितः पश्य सख्यः सत-सहस्रशः
नित्याः सर्वा इमा रुद्र यथाहं नित्य-विग्रहःasyāś ca paritaḥ paśya sakhyaḥ sata-sahasraśaḥ
nityāḥ sarvā imā rudra yathāhaṃ nitya-vigrahaḥ
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
asyāḥ—of Her; ca—and; paritaḥ—everywhere; paśya—please see; sakhyaḥ—friends; sata-sahasraśaḥ—hundreds and thousands; nityāḥ—eternal; sarvāḥ—all; imā—they; rudra—O Lord Śiva; yathā—as; aham—I; nitya-vigrahaḥ—eternal form.
English translation of verse:
"O Śiva, see how hundreds and thousands of Her friends surround Us. As I am eternal, so are they also.