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:

कृश्ण-वक्त्राद् इमं लब्धं पुरा रुद्रेण यत्नतः
तेनोक्तं नारदायाथ नारदेन मयोदितम्

kṛṣṇa-vaktrād imaṃ labdhaṃ purā rudreṇa yatnataḥ
tenoktaṃ nāradāyātha nāradena mayoditam

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

kṛṣṇa—of Lord Kṛṣṇa; vaktrād—from the mouth; imaṃ—thus; labdhaṃ—attained; purā—before; rudreṇa—by Lord Sadāśiva; yatnataḥ—carefully; tena—by him; uktaṃ—said; nāradāya—to Śrī Nārada; atha—now; nāradena—by Śrī Nārada; mayā—by me; uditam—spoken.

English translation of verse:

In ancient times Lord Sadāśiva attained this from Lord Kṛṣṇa's mouth. Lord Sadāśiva spoke this to Śrī Nārada. I heard it from Śrī Nārada and now I have repeated it to you.

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