Bhrigu-samhita [sanskrit]

by Members of the Sansknet Project | 2020 | 45,052 words

The Sanskrit text of the Bhrigu-samhita, an ancient text belonging to the Vaikhanasa Agama section of the Pancaratra tradition and dates to at least 11th century (or earlier). The name “Bhrigusamhita” literally means “The Compendium of Bhrigu” and basically represents a work on Vaishnava theology. The English translation of the Bhrigu-samhita is indicatory only as it was performed by a translation software. Alternative titles: Bhṛgusaṃhitā (भृगुसंहिता), Bhṛgu-saṃhitā (भृगु-संहिता), Bhrgusamhita.

तद्दोषशमनायैव पवित्रारोपणं चरेत् ।
पवित्रारोपणे हीने या पूजा निष्फला भवेत् ॥ ३८ ॥

taddoṣaśamanāyaiva pavitrāropaṇaṃ caret |
pavitrāropaṇe hīne yā pūjā niṣphalā bhavet || 38 ||

Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.

To counteract that evil, one should perform the holy planting. Any worship performed without the imposition of sacred objects is fruitless.

English translation by Google (2023)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (32.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Tat, Doshashamana, Pavitraropana, Hina, Puja, Nishphala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Bhrigu-samhita Verse 32.38). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

  • Line 1: “taddoṣaśamanāyaiva pavitrāropaṇaṃ caret
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • doṣaśamanāyai -
  • doṣaśamana (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    doṣaśamana (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    doṣaśamanā (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • pavitrāropaṇam -
  • pavitrāropaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • caret -
  • car (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “pavitrāropaṇe hīne pūjā niṣphalā bhavet
  • pavitrāropaṇe -
  • pavitrāropaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • hīne -
  • hīna (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    hīna (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    hīnā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    -> hīna (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √ class 1 verb], [locative single from √ class 3 verb]
    -> hīna (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √ class 1 verb], [locative single from √ class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √ class 3 verb], [vocative dual from √ class 3 verb], [accusative dual from √ class 3 verb], [locative single from √ class 3 verb]
    -> hīnā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √ class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √ class 3 verb], [vocative single from √ class 3 verb], [vocative dual from √ class 3 verb], [accusative dual from √ class 3 verb]
  • -
  • (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • pūjā* -
  • pūjā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    pūja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • niṣphalā* -
  • niṣphala (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    niṣphalā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Bhrigu-samhita Verse 32.38

Cover of edition (2020)

Bhṛgusaṃhitā (a text of the Vaikhānasa-tradition)
by Members of the Sansknet Project (2020)

Publisher: Göttingen Register of Electronic Texts in Indian Languages (GRETIL), SUB Göttingen; Note: The Text is not Proof-read!

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