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 19
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
नाम्नि कृत्वापराधांस् तु यास्यन्ति नरकं ध्रुवम्
इत्थं सु-दुष्करा भक्तिः सुकरापि जनार्दनेnāmni kṛtvāparādhāṃs tu yāsyanti narakaṃ dhruvam
itthaṃ su-duṣkarā bhaktiḥ sukarāpi janārdane
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
nāmni—to the holy name; kṛtvā—performing; aparādhān—offenses; tu—indeed; yāsyanti—go; narakam—top hel; dhruvam—indeed; ittham—thus; su-duṣkarā—difficult to perform; bhaktiḥ—devotion; sukarā—easy to perform; api—even; janārdane—to Lord Kṛṣṇa.
English translation of verse:
They who commit offenses to the holy name go to hell. It is with the holy name's help that devotion to Lord Hari, which is otherwise so difficult to attain, is attained very easily.