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:

ऐहिकामुष्मकी-चिन्ता न च कार्या कदाचन
ऐहिकं तु सदा भाव्यं पूर्वा चरति कर्मणाम्

aihikāmuṣmakī-cintā na ca kāryā kadācana
aihikaṃ tu sadā bhāvyaṃ pūrvā carati karmaṇām

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

aihikā—in this world; āmuṣmakī—in thenext world; cintāanxiety; na—not; ca—and; kāryā—to be done; kadācana—ever; aihikam—in this world; tu—indeed; sadāalways; bhāvyam—to be done; pūrvā—previous; carati—moves; karmaṇām—of deeds.

English translation of verse:

He never worries what will happen in this life or the next. He knows that what happens in this life is determined by his past deeds.

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