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:

सकृद् उच्चारणान् नाम्नां ददाति फलम् उत्तमम्
यदि योग्यो ऽस्मि देवेश तन् मे करुणया वद

sakṛd uccāraṇān nāmnāṃ dadāti phalam uttamam
yadi yogyo 'smi deveśa tan me karuṇayā vada

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

sakṛt—once; uccāraṇān—from chanting; nāmnām—of the names; dadāti—gives; phalam—the result; uttamam—supreme; yadi—if; yogyaḥ—suitable; asmi—I am; deveśa—O master of the demigods; tat—that; me—to me; karuṇayā—kindly; vadatell.

English translation of verse:

A single utterance of the Lord's holy name gives the highest result. O master of the demigods, if I am competent to hear it, please kindly tell me the Lord's holy name.

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