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 3
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
कृष्ण-मन्त्रा मया लब्धा सरस्-तोये पितुः परे
ते सर्वे साधिता यत्नान् मन्त्र-राजाद्यो मयाkṛṣṇa-mantrā mayā labdhā saras-toye pituḥ pare
te sarve sādhitā yatnān mantra-rājādyo mayā
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
kṛṣṇa-mantrāḥ— Kṛṣṇa-mantras; mayā—by me; labdhā—obtained; saras-toye—by the water's edge; pituḥ—of the father; pare—others; te—they; sarve—all; sādhitāḥ—attained; yatnāt—by effort; mantra- rājādyaḥ—beginning with the king of mantras; mayā—by me.
English translation of verse:
. . . from my father I carefully learned the king of mantras and many other Kṛṣṇa-mantras as we sat by the water.