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.

यस्तु पानीयपात्राणि पीतान्यत्र तु विन्यसेत् ।
स गच्छेन्नरकान् क्रूरान्यावन्त उदबिन्दवः ॥ ३६० ॥

yastu pānīyapātrāṇi pītānyatra tu vinyaset |
sa gacchennarakān krūrānyāvanta udabindavaḥ || 360 ||

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

Anyone who drinks water should place it elsewhere. He will go to the cruel hell as long as there are drops of water.

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 (36.360). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yah, Paniya, Patra, Pita, Atra, Naraka, Krura, Yavat, Udabindu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Bhrigu-samhita Verse 36.360). 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: “yastu pānīyapātrāṇi pītānyatra tu vinyaset
  • yas -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • pānīya -
  • pānīya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pānīya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    -> pānīya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √ class 2 verb]
    -> pānīya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √ class 2 verb]
    -> pānīya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ class 2 verb]
    -> pānīya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ class 2 verb]
    -> pānīya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ class 3 verb]
    -> pānīya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ class 3 verb]
  • pātrāṇi -
  • pātra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • pītānya -
  • pīta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    -> pīta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √ class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √ class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √ class 2 verb]
    -> pīta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √ class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √ class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √ class 3 verb]
    pai -> pīta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √pai class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √pai class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √pai class 1 verb]
    pi -> pīta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √pi class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √pi class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √pi class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √pi class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √pi class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √pi class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √pi class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √pi class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √pi class 3 verb]
    -> pīta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √ class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √ class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √ class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √ class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √ class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √ class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √ class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √ class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √ class 4 verb]
  • atra -
  • atra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    atra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    atra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • Cannot analyse vinyaset
  • Line 2: “sa gacchennarakān krūrānyāvanta udabindavaḥ
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • gacchen -
  • gam (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • narakān -
  • naraka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • krūrān -
  • krūra (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • yāvanta* -
  • yāvat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • udabindavaḥ -
  • udabindu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Bhrigu-samhita Verse 36.360

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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