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:

गुरु-वैष्णवयोः पूजा याग इत्य् अभिधीयते
एते परम-संस्कारा मया ते परिकीर्तितः

guru-vaiṣṇavayoḥ pūjā yāga ity abhidhīyate
ete parama-saṃskārā mayā te parikīrtitaḥ

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

guruof the spieritual master; vaiṣṇavayoḥ—and the Vaiṣṇavas; pūjāworship; yāga—yajna; iti—thus; abhidhīyate—is called; ete—these; parama-saṃskāragreat samskaras; mayāby me; te—to you; parikīrtitaḥ—are described.

English translation of verse:

The yajña is the worship of the spiritual master and the Vaiṣṇavas. Thus I have described these great saṃskāras to you.

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