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:

श्री-नारद उवाच <इ>भगवन् सर्वम् आख्यातं यत् पृष्टं मया गुरो
अधुना श्रोतुम् इच्छामि भाव-मार्गम् अनुत्तमम्

śrī-nārada uvāca bhagavan sarvam ākhyātaṃ yat pṛṣṭaṃ mayā guro
adhunā śrotum icchāmi bhāva-mārgam anuttamam

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

śrī-nārada uvāca—Śrī Nārada said; bhagavanO master; sarvam—all; ākhyātam—told; yat—what; pṛṣṭam—asked; mayāby me; guraḥ—O spiritual master; adhunā—now; śrotum—to hear; icchāmi—I wish; bhāva-mārgam—the path of love; anuttamam—supreme.

English translation of verse:

Śrī Nārada said: O spiritual master, you have answered my question with all completeness. Now I wish to hear about the path of spiritual love, the best of all paths.

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