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 172
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
तस्मात् सर्वात्मना रुद्र मत्-प्रियां शरणं व्रजेत्
य आशु मत्-प्रिया भूत्वा मां वशि-कर्तुम् इच्छतिtasmāt sarvātmanā rudra mat-priyāṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajet
ya āśu mat-priyā bhūtvā māṃ vaśi-kartum icchati
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
tasmāt—therefore; sarvātmanā—with all your hear; rudra—O Śiva; mat-priyām—My beloved; śaraṇam——surrender; vrajet—should attain; ya—who; āśu—quickly; mat-priyā—a gopī dear to Me; bhūtvā—becoming; mām—Me; vaśi-kartum—to bring under control; icchati—desires.
English translation of verse:
Therefore, O Śiva, a person who desires to conquer Me should surrender, with all his heart, to My beloved. In this way one becomes dear to Me.