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:

तस्माद् धरेर् अभक्ताय कृत-घ्नाय न मानिने
न च श्रद्धा-विहिनाय वक्तव्यं नस्तिकाय च

tasmād dharer abhaktāya kṛta-ghnāya na mānine
na ca śraddhā-vihināya vaktavyaṃ nastikāya ca

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

tasmāt—there; hareḥ—of Lord Hari; abhaktāya—to one who is not a devotee; kṛta-ghnāya—ungrateful; na—and; mānine—proud; na—not; ca—and; śraddhā-vihināya—faithless; vaktavyam—should be spoken; nastikāya—to an atheist or a blasphemer; ca—and.

English translation of verse:

Therefore these mantras should not be spoken to one who is not devoted to Lord Hari, nor to one who is ungrateful, proud, or faithless, nor to an atheist or a blasphemer.

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