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 ...
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Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
कृश्ण-वक्त्राद् इमं लब्धं पुरा रुद्रेण यत्नतः
तेनोक्तं नारदायाथ नारदेन मयोदितम्kṛṣṇa-vaktrād imaṃ labdhaṃ purā rudreṇa yatnataḥ
tenoktaṃ nāradāyātha nāradena mayoditam
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
kṛṣṇa—of Lord Kṛṣṇa; vaktrād—from the mouth; imaṃ—thus; labdhaṃ—attained; purā—before; rudreṇa—by Lord Sadāśiva; yatnataḥ—carefully; tena—by him; uktaṃ—said; nāradāya—to Śrī Nārada; atha—now; nāradena—by Śrī Nārada; mayā—by me; uditam—spoken.
English translation of verse:
In ancient times Lord Sadāśiva attained this from Lord Kṛṣṇa's mouth. Lord Sadāśiva spoke this to Śrī Nārada. I heard it from Śrī Nārada and now I have repeated it to you.