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:

ततस् तम् अब्रुवं देवं अहं च मुनि-सत्तम
ईदृश्दस् त्वं कथं लभ्यस् तम् उपायं वदस्व मे

tatas tam abruvaṃ devaṃ ahaṃ ca muni-sattama
īdṛśdas tvaṃ kathaṃ labhyas tam upāyaṃ vadasva me

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

tataḥthen; tam—to Him; abruvam—spoke; devam—to the Supreme Personality of Godhead; aham—I; ca—and; muni-sattama—O best of sages; īdṛśdaḥ—like this; tvam—You; katham—how; labhyaḥ—to be attained; tam—that; upāyam—method; vadasva—please tell; me—me.

English translation of verse:

O best of sages, then I said to Lord Kṛṣṇa: How can one attain You? Please tell me the way.

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