Lakshminarayana Samhita [sanskrit]

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

The Lakshminarayana Samhita verse 2.98.3 (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 3 of chapter 98 of Khanda 2 (treta-yuga-santana). In total, the work consists of roughly 120,000 metrical verses.

Verse 2.98.3

के तेऽभवन् कथं भक्ताः कथं रक्षा च कीदृशी ।
पुण्यमेषां कीदृशं च यद्रक्षां माधवोऽकरोत् ॥ ३ ॥

ke te'bhavan kathaṃ bhaktāḥ kathaṃ rakṣā ca kīdṛśī |
puṇyameṣāṃ kīdṛśaṃ ca yadrakṣāṃ mādhavo'karot || 3 ||

The Sanskrit text of Lakshminarayana Samhita Verse 2.98.3 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:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (2.98.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kah, Kim, Tad, Yushmad, Katham, Katha, Bhakta, Raksha, Kidrish, Kidrishi, Punya, Idam, Kidrisha, Yat, Yad, Madhava, Madhu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lakshminarayana Samhita Verse 2.98.3). 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: “ke te'bhavan kathaṃ bhaktāḥ kathaṃ rakṣā ca kīdṛśī
  • ke -
  • ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    ka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • te' -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • abhavan -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active third plural]
  • katham -
  • katham (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    katham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kathā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    katha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    katha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • bhaktāḥ -
  • bhakta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    bhaktā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • katham -
  • katham (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    katham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kathā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    katha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    katha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • rakṣā -
  • rakṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kīdṛśī -
  • kīdṛśī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    kīdṛś (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 2: “puṇyameṣāṃ kīdṛśaṃ ca yadrakṣāṃ mādhavo'karot
  • puṇyam -
  • puṇya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    puṇya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    puṇyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √puṇ class 10 verb], [accusative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
  • eṣām -
  • idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • kīdṛśam -
  • kīdṛśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kīdṛśā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    kīdṛś (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative 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]
  • rakṣām -
  • rakṣā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • mādhavo' -
  • mādhava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    mādhu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    mādhu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • akarot -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [imperfect active third single]
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