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.

स्वीकार एव चोद्वाहे स्नानमेवाशुचौ स्मृतम् ।
उदरंभरिता स्वार्थेसत्यत्वे धार्ष्ट्यमेव हि ॥ ९५ ॥

svīkāra eva codvāhe snānamevāśucau smṛtam |
udaraṃbharitā svārthesatyatve dhārṣṭyameva hi || 95 ||

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

Acceptance is considered unclean, and bathing at marriage is considered unclean. Filling one’s stomach with selfishness and truthfulness is considered cowardice.

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

Svikara, Eva, Udvaha, Snana, Ashuci, Smrita, Udarambhari, Tan, Svartha, Satyatva, Dharshtya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Bhrigu-samhita Verse 37.95). 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: “svīkāra eva codvāhe snānamevāśucau smṛtam
  • svīkāra* -
  • svīkāra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • co -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • udvāhe -
  • udvāha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • snānam -
  • snāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • evā -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aśucau -
  • aśuci (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    aśuci (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • smṛtam -
  • smṛta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    smṛta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    smṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
    smṛ -> smṛta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
  • Line 2: “udaraṃbharitā svārthesatyatve dhārṣṭyameva hi
  • udarambhari -
  • udarambhari (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    udarambhari (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    udarambhari (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • svārthe -
  • svārtha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    svārtha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    svārthā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • satyatve -
  • satyatva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • dhārṣṭyam -
  • dhārṣṭya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Bhrigu-samhita Verse 37.95

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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