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-सनत्कुमार उवाच <इ>धर्मान् एतान् उपदिश्टो जपन् मन्त्रम् अहर्-निशम्
अचिराद् एव तद्-दास्यं अवाप्स्यसि न संशयः

śrī-sanatkumāra uvāca dharmān etān upadiśṭo japan mantram ahar-niśam
acirād eva tad-dāsyaṃ avāpsyasi na saṃśayaḥ

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

śrī-sanatkumāra uvāca—Śrī Sanatkumāra said; dharmān—religious principles; etān—these; upadiśṭo—taught; japan—chanting; mantram—daily; ahar-niśam—day and night; acirād—soon; eva—indeed; tad-dāsyaṃ—service to Him; avāpsyasi—you will attain; na—no; saṃśayaḥ—doubt.

English translation of verse:

Śrī Sanatkumāra said: Following these religious principles and chanting this mantra day and night, you will quickly attain direct service to Lord Kṛṣṇa. Of this there is no doubt.

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