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:

सो ऽहं यः शरणं प्राप्तो मम तस्य वदन्ति च
सर्वं ताभ्यां तद्-अर्थं हि तद्-भोग्यं न तु ये मम

so 'haṃ yaḥ śaraṇaṃ prāpto mama tasya vadanti ca
sarvaṃ tābhyāṃ tad-arthaṃ hi tad-bhogyaṃ na tu ye mama

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

saḥ—he; aham—I; yaḥ—who; śaraṇam—shelter; prāptaḥ—attained; mama—of Me; tasya—of that; vadanti—say; ca—and; sarvam—everything; tābhyām—of Them; tad-artham—for Their sake; hi—indeed; tad- bhogyam—to be enjoyed by Them; na—not; tu—but; ye—who; mama—of me.

English translation of verse:

The wise say, "I surrender to Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa. Whatever is mine is in truth Their property. Everything is for Their sake. Everything is meant for Their enjoyment. It is not meant for me."

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