Padma Purana [sanskrit]

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The Padma-purana verse 7.2.81 (Sanskrit text), including grammatical analysis, glossary and relevant print editions. The Padmapurana is a one of the largest of the eighteen Major Puranas containing roughly 50,000 metrical verses. Although popular for its inclusion of the Ramayana and large sections on pilgrimage guides this is also known for its dedication to both Shiva and Vishnu. This is verse 81 contained in chapter 2 of book 7 (क्रियायोगसारखण्ड, kriyāyogasārakhaṇḍa).

Verse 7.2.81

संसारो वैष्णवाधीनो देवा वैष्णवपालिताः ।
अहं च वैष्णवाधीनस्तस्माच्छ्रेष्ठाश्च वैष्णवाः ॥ ८१ ॥

saṃsāro vaiṣṇavādhīno devā vaiṣṇavapālitāḥ |
ahaṃ ca vaiṣṇavādhīnastasmācchreṣṭhāśca vaiṣṇavāḥ || 81 ||

The English translation of Padma Purana Verse 7.2.81 is contained in the book Sri Padma Purana (Sanskrit Text and Hindi Translation) by Chaukhamba Surbharati Prakashan. This book is available online or you could buy the latest edition:

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

Samsara, Vaishnava, Adhina, Deva, Palita, Aha, Asmad, Tasmat, Tad, Shreshtha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Padma Purana Verse 7.2.81). 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: “saṃsāro vaiṣṇavādhīno devā vaiṣṇavapālitāḥ
  • saṃsāro* -
  • saṃsāra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vaiṣṇavā -
  • vaiṣṇava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vaiṣṇava (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • adhīno* -
  • adhīna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • devā* -
  • deva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    devā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vaiṣṇava -
  • vaiṣṇava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vaiṣṇava (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pālitāḥ -
  • pālita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    pālitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    pāl -> pālita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √pāl class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √pāl class 10 verb]
    pāl -> pālitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √pāl class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √pāl class 10 verb], [accusative plural from √pāl class 10 verb]
    -> pālita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √], [vocative plural from √]
    -> pālitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √], [vocative plural from √], [accusative plural from √]
  • Line 2: “ahaṃ ca vaiṣṇavādhīnastasmācchreṣṭhāśca vaiṣṇavāḥ
  • aham -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vaiṣṇavā -
  • vaiṣṇava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vaiṣṇava (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • adhīnas -
  • adhīna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tasmācch -
  • tasmāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single]
  • śreṣṭhāś -
  • śreṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    śreṣṭhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vaiṣṇavāḥ -
  • vaiṣṇava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Padma Purana Verse 7.2.81

Cover of edition (2007)

Padma Purana (In Six Volumes)
by Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office (2007)

Sanskrit Text Only

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Cover of Bengali edition

Padma Purana in Bengali
by Navabharat Publishers, Kolkata (0)

Set of 7 Volumes

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Preview of verse 7.2.81 in Bengali sript:
সংসারো বৈষ্ণবাধীনো দেবা বৈষ্ণবপালিতাঃ ।
অহং চ বৈষ্ণবাধীনস্তস্মাচ্ছ্রেষ্ঠাশ্চ বৈষ্ণবাঃ ॥ ৮১ ॥

Cover of edition (2015)

Sri Padma Purana (Tamil)
by Azhwargal Aaivu Maiyam, Chennai (2015)

Translated by S. Jagatrakshgan

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Cover of Gujarati edition

Padma Purana in Gujarati
by Shree Harihar Pustakalay, Surat (0)

[પદમ પુરણ:]

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Preview of verse 7.2.81 in Gujarati sript:
સંસારો વૈષ્ણવાધીનો દેવા વૈષ્ણવપાલિતાઃ ।
અહં ચ વૈષ્ણવાધીનસ્તસ્માચ્છ્રેષ્ઠાશ્ચ વૈષ્ણવાઃ ॥ ૮૧ ॥

Cover of edition (2013)

Padma Mahapurana (Kannada)
by Vijeth Prakashan Gadag, Bangalore (2013)

[ಪದ್ಮ ಮಹಾಪುರಾಣಂ]

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Preview of verse 7.2.81 in Kannada sript:
ಸಂಸಾರೋ ವೈಷ್ಣವಾಧೀನೋ ದೇವಾ ವೈಷ್ಣವಪಾಲಿತಾಃ ।
ಅಹಂ ಚ ವೈಷ್ಣವಾಧೀನಸ್ತಸ್ಮಾಚ್ಛ್ರೇಷ್ಠಾಶ್ಚ ವೈಷ್ಣವಾಃ ॥ ೮೧ ॥

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