Lakshminarayana Samhita [sanskrit]

by Shwetayan Vyas | 1,169,834 words | ISBN-10: 8170801818 | ISBN-13: 9788170801818

The Lakshminarayana Samhita verse 1.16.1 (Sanskrit text), including grammatical analysis, glossary and relevant print editions. The Lakshmi-narayana-samhita is an encyclopaedic work devoted to Narayana although it deals with various deities. The work is written in Puranic style and divided into four books according to the four Yugas. This is verse 1 of chapter 16 of Khanda 1 (krita-yuga-santana). In total, the work consists of roughly 120,000 metrical verses.

Verse 1.16.1

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श्रीनारायण उवाच ।
शृणु लक्ष्मि प्रवक्ष्यामि ततो वै ब्रह्मणा स्वयम् ।
कृतं लोकनिवासार्थ यद्यत् तुष्ट्यर्थमेव च ॥ १ ॥

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca |
śṛṇu lakṣmi pravakṣyāmi tato vai brahmaṇā svayam |
kṛtaṃ lokanivāsārtha yadyat tuṣṭyarthameva ca || 1 ||

The Sanskrit text of Lakshminarayana Samhita Verse 1.16.1 is contained in the book Shri Lakshmi Narayana Samhita by Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office. This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:
Buy now! Sanskrit text by Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office (2011)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (1.16.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shri, Narayana, Lakshmi, Prava, Kshi, Amin, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Brahman, Svayam, Krit, Krita, Loka, Nivasa, Artha, Yat, Yad, Tushtyartha, Eva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lakshminarayana Samhita Verse 1.16.1). 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: “śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca ”
śrī -
śrī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

śrī (noun, masculine)

[compound]
nārāyaṇa* -
nārāyaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “śṛṇu lakṣmi pravakṣyāmi tato vai brahmaṇā svayam ”
śṛṇu -
√śru (verb class 5)

[imperative active second single]
lakṣmi -
lakṣmī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
prava -
prava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prava (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kṣyā -
kṣi (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
ami -
amin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

amin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
tato* -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
vai -
√vā (verb class 1)

[present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
brahmaṇā -
brahman (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
svayam -
svayam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 3: “kṛtaṃ lokanivāsārtha yadyat tuṣṭyarthameva ca ”
kṛtam -
kṛta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kṛta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

kṛtā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

kṛt (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[imperative active second dual]
loka -
loka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
nivāsā -
nivāsa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
artha -
artha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√arth (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
yad -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yad (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

yat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
yat -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yad (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

yat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
tuṣṭyartham -
tuṣṭyartha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tuṣṭyartha (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]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

Last Updated: 28 January, 2021