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:

सर्वोपाय-परित्यागः कृष्णोपायनम् अर्चनम्
सु-चिरं प्रोषिते कान्तं यथा पति-परायणा

sarvopāya-parityāgaḥ kṛṣṇopāyanam arcanam
su-ciraṃ proṣite kāntaṃ yathā pati-parāyaṇā

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

sarvaall; upāyamethods; parityāgaḥ—to be abandoned; kṛṣṇaof Lord Kṛṣṇa; upāyanam—the method; arcanam—worship; su- ciram—for a long time; proṣite—gone away; kāntam—dear husband; yathā—as; pati-parāyaṇā—devoted to the husband.

English translation of verse:

He should renounce all plans and make the worship of Lord Kṛṣṇa his only plan. As a faithful wife worships her husband when he has gone away on a journey, so he should worship Lord Kṛṣṇa.

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