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:
श्री-नन्द-नन्दनः कृष्णः सर्व-देव-शिरो-मणिः
पादाम्बुजैक-भाग् एक- दीक्षा प्रोक्ता मनीषिभिःśrī-nanda-nandanaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sarva-deva-śiro-maṇiḥ
pādāmbujaika-bhāg eka- dīkṣā proktā manīṣibhiḥ
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
śrī-nanda-nandanaḥ—the son of King Nanda; kṛṣṇaḥ—Lord Kṛṣṇa; sarva-deva-śiro-maṇiḥ—the crest jewel of the demigods; pādāmbuja—lotus feet; eka—one; bhāk—possessing; eka—one; dīkṣā—initiation; proktā—said; manīṣibhiḥ—by the wise.
English translation of verse:
Lord Kṛṣṇa, the son of Nanda, is the crest jewel of all Deities. One should worship His lotus feet alone. One time only should one accept initiation to the worship of His lotus feet. This is said by the wise.