Lakshminarayana Samhita [sanskrit]

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

The Lakshminarayana Samhita verse 3.87.13 (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 13 of chapter 87 of Khanda 3 (dvapara-yuga-santana). In total, the work consists of roughly 120,000 metrical verses.

Verse 3.87.13

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वर्णाश्रमेषु वै श्रेष्ठतमा मे साधवो मम ।
ब्रह्मचर्यं सदा श्रेष्ठं साधुत्वं श्रेष्ठमेव च ॥ १ ॥ रे ।
वानप्रस्थाश्रमः श्रेष्ठो मनाक् न तु च साधुवत् ।
रतिप्रिया वृथा मानं वहन्ते नारका यथा ॥ १३ ॥

varṇāśrameṣu vai śreṣṭhatamā me sādhavo mama |
brahmacaryaṃ sadā śreṣṭhaṃ sādhutvaṃ śreṣṭhameva ca || 1 || re |
vānaprasthāśramaḥ śreṣṭho manāk na tu ca sādhuvat |
ratipriyā vṛthā mānaṃ vahante nārakā yathā || 13 ||

The Sanskrit text of Lakshminarayana Samhita Verse 3.87.13 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 (3.87.13). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Varnashrama, Shreshthatama, Asmad, Sadhu, Brahmacarya, Sada, Sad, Shreshtha, Sadhutva, Eva, Vanaprasthashrama, Manak, Sadhuvat, Ratipriya, Vritha, Mana, Vahanta, Naraka, Yatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lakshminarayana Samhita Verse 3.87.13). 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: “varṇāśrameṣu vai śreṣṭhatamā me sādhavo mama ”
varṇāśrameṣu -
varṇāśrama (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
vai -
√vā (verb class 1)

[present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
śreṣṭhatamā* -
śreṣṭhatama (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śreṣṭhatamā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
me -
ma (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

mā (noun, feminine)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
sādhavo* -
sādhu (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
mama -
asmad (pronoun, none)

[genitive single]

√mā (verb class 2)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 3)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 4)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
Line 2: “brahmacaryaṃ sadā śreṣṭhaṃ sādhutvaṃ śreṣṭhameva ca || 1 || re ”
brahmacaryam -
brahmacarya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
sadā -
sadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sad (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

sad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

sadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
śreṣṭham -
śreṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śreṣṭha (noun, neuter)

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

śreṣṭhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
sādhutvam -
sādhutva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
śreṣṭham -
śreṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śreṣṭha (noun, neuter)

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

śreṣṭhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca* -
Cannot analyse 1*re
re -
ṛ (noun, feminine)

[dative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

ra (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ra (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

rā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 3: “vānaprasthāśramaḥ śreṣṭho manāk na tu ca sādhuvat ”
vānaprasthāśramaḥ -
vānaprasthāśrama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śreṣṭho* -
śreṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
manāk -
manāk (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sādhuvat -
sādhuvat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sādhuvat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

sādhuvat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
Line 4: “ratipriyā vṛthā mānaṃ vahante nārakā yathā ”
ratipriyā* -
ratipriya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ratipriyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vṛthā* -
vṛthā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
mānam -
māna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

māna (noun, neuter)

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

√man -> māna (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √man class 4 verb], [accusative single from √man class 8 verb]

√man -> māna (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √man class 4 verb], [accusative single from √man class 4 verb], [nominative single from √man class 8 verb], [accusative single from √man class 8 verb]
vahante -
vahanta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

√vah (verb class 1)

[present middle third plural]
nārakā* -
nāraka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

Last Updated: 28 January, 2021