Lakshminarayana Samhita [sanskrit]

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

The Lakshminarayana Samhita verse 2.253.63 (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 63 of chapter 253 of Khanda 2 (treta-yuga-santana). In total, the work consists of roughly 120,000 metrical verses.

Verse 2.253.63

भक्तिर्हि साधनं श्रेष्ठं तोषणे सेवनं शुभम् ।
शुश्रूषणं तथा दास्यं प्रापणे श्रेष्ठमत्र ह ॥ ६३ ॥

bhaktirhi sādhanaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ toṣaṇe sevanaṃ śubham |
śuśrūṣaṇaṃ tathā dāsyaṃ prāpaṇe śreṣṭhamatra ha || 63 ||

The Sanskrit text of Lakshminarayana Samhita Verse 2.253.63 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 (2.253.63). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhakti, Sadhana, Shreshtha, Toshana, Sevana, Shubha, Shubh, Shushrushana, Tatha, Dasya, Prapana, Atra, Han,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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  • Line 1: “bhaktirhi sādhanaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ toṣaṇe sevanaṃ śubham
  • bhaktir -
  • bhakti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • sādhanam -
  • sādhana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sādhana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sādhanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • śreṣṭham -
  • śreṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śreṣṭha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śreṣṭhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • toṣaṇe -
  • toṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    toṣaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • sevanam -
  • sevana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sevanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • śubham -
  • śubha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śubha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śubhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    śubh (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “śuśrūṣaṇaṃ tathā dāsyaṃ prāpaṇe śreṣṭhamatra ha
  • śuśrūṣaṇam -
  • śuśrūṣaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tathā* -
  • tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • dāsyam -
  • dāsya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    das -> dāsya (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √das]
    das -> dāsya (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √das]
    das -> dāsyā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √das]
    das -> dāsya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √das]
    das -> dāsya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √das], [accusative single from √das]
  • prāpaṇe -
  • prāpaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    prāpaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    prāpaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • śreṣṭham -
  • śreṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śreṣṭha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śreṣṭhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • atra -
  • atra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    atra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    atra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ha -
  • ha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    han (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
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