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 ...
verse 46-48
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
नाशुश्रुवं प्रतिब्रुयान् नासम्वत्सर-वासिनम्
श्री-कृष्णे ऽनन्य-भक्ताय दम्भ-लोभ-विवर्जिने
काम-क्रोधादि-मुक्ताय देयम् एतत् प्रयत्नतः
सदाशिव ऋषिश् चायं गायत्री-च्छन्द उच्यते
देवता बल्लवी-कान्तो मन्त्रस्य प्रकीर्तितः
स प्रियस्य हरेर् दास्ये विनियोग उदाहृतःnāśuśruvaṃ pratibruyān nāsamvatsara-vāsinam
śrī-kṛṣṇe 'nanya-bhaktāya dambha-lobha-vivarjine
kāma-krodhādi-muktāya deyam etat prayatnataḥ
sadāśiva ṛṣiś cāyaṃ gāyatrī-cchanda ucyate
devatā ballavī-kānto mantrasya prakīrtitaḥ
sa priyasya harer dāsye viniyoga udāhṛtaḥ
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
na—not; aśuśruvam—to one who does not wish to hear; pratibruyāt—should speak; na—not; a—without; samvatsara—for a year; vāsinam—residing; śrī-kṛṣṇe—to Lord Kṛṣṇa; ananya- bhaktāya—with sincere devotion; dambha-lobha-vivarjine—without greed or hypocrisy; kāma-krodhādi-muktāya—free of lust and anger; deyam—to be given; etat—this; prayatnataḥ—carefully; sadāśiva—Lord Sadāśiva; ṛṣiḥ—the sage; ca—and; ayam—this; gāyatrī-cchanda—the meter Gayatri; ucyate—is said; devatā—the Deity; ballavī-kāntaḥ—the beloved of the gopīs; mantrasya—of the mantra; prakīrtitaḥ—said; sa—that; priyasya—dear; hareḥ—of Lord Hari; dāsye—in service; viniyoga—the purpose; udāhṛtaḥ—is said.
English translation of verse:
One should not speak these mantras to one who does not wish to hear them, nor to one who has not stayed for one year in the speaker's āśrama. One should carefully give these mantras to one who is free of hypocrisy, greed, lust, anger, and other vices, and who is sincerely devoted to Lord Kṛṣṇa. The sage of this mantra is Lord Sadāśiva. The meter is Gāyatrī. The Deity is Lord Kṛṣṇa, the beloved of the gopīs. The purpose is to attain service to dear Lord Hari.