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 179
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
श्री-सदाशिव उवाच <इ>साधु पृष्टं त्वया विप्र सर्व-लोक-हितैषिण
रहस्यम् अपि वक्ष्यामि तन् मे निगदितं शृणुśrī-sadāśiva uvāca sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā vipra sarva-loka-hitaiṣiṇa
rahasyam api vakṣyāmi tan me nigaditaṃ śṛṇu
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
śrī-sadāśiva uvāca—Lord Sadāśiva said; sādhu—excellent; pṛṣṭam—asked; tvayā—by you; vipra—O brāhmaṇa; sarva-loka—of all people; hita—the welfare; aiṣiṇa—desiring; rahasyam—secret; api—even; vakṣyāmi—I will twll; tat—that; me—by me; nigaditam—spoken; śṛṇu—please hear.
English translation of verse:
Lord Sadāśiva said: O brāhmaṇa who wishes the welfare of all, I will tell you a great secret. Please hear this from me.