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 189
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
श्री-नारद उवाच <इ>हरेर् दैनन्दिनीं लीलां श्रोतुम् इच्छामि तत्त्वतः
लीलाम् अजानतां सेव्यो मनसा तु कथं हरिःśrī-nārada uvāca harer dainandinīṃ līlāṃ śrotum icchāmi tattvataḥ
līlām ajānatāṃ sevyo manasā tu kathaṃ hariḥ
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
śrī-nārada uvāca—Śrī Nārada said; hareḥ—of Lord Hari; dainandinīm—daily; līlām—pastimes; śrotum—to hear; icchāmi—I wish; tattvataḥ—in truth; līlām—pastimes; ajānatām—of they who do not know; sevyaḥ—to be served; manasā—with the mind; tu—indeed; katham—how?; hariḥ—Lord Hari.
English translation of verse:
Śrī Nārada said: I wish to hear the daily pastimes of Lord Hari. How can they who do not know these pastimes serve Lord Hari in their hearts?