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 36
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
एतं पञ्च-पदीं जप्त्वा श्रद्धयाश्रद्धया सकृत्
कृष्ण-प्रिया-वृन्द-मध्ये वसत्य् एव न संशयःetaṃ pañca-padīṃ japtvā śraddhayāśraddhayā sakṛt
kṛṣṇa-priyā-vṛnda-madhye vasaty eva na saṃśayaḥ
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
etam—this; pañca-padīm—five words; japtvā—chanting; śraddhayā—with faith; aśraddhayā—without faith; sakṛt—once; kṛṣṇa-priyā-vṛnda-madhye—amng Lord Kṛṣṇa's gopī-beloveds; vasati—resides; eva—indeed; na—no; saṃśayaḥ—doubt.
English translation of verse:
One who either with faith or without faith once chants this five-word mantra resides among Lord Kṛṣṇa's gopī-beloveds. Of this there is no doubt.