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 42
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
यदि भक्तिर् भवेद् एषां कृष्णे सर्वेश्वरेश्वरे
तदाधिकारिणः सर्वे नान्यथा मुनि-सत्तमाःyadi bhaktir bhaved eṣāṃ kṛṣṇe sarveśvareśvare
tadādhikāriṇaḥ sarve nānyathā muni-sattamāḥ
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
yadi—if; bhaktiḥ—devotional service; bhavet—may be; eṣām—of them; kṛṣṇe—for Lord Kṛṣṇa; sarveśvareśvare—the master of all masters; tadā—then; adhikāriṇaḥ—eligible; sarve—all; na—not; anyathā—otherwise; muni-sattamāḥ—the best of sages.
English translation of verse:
Anyone who has devotion for Lord Kṛṣṇa, the master of all masters, is eligible to chant these mantras, but they who have no devotion, even they may be the greatest of sages, are not eligible.