Padma-samhita [sanskrit]

80,291 words

The Sanskrit text of the Padma-samhita: an ancient Vaishnava Agama canon of literature, belonging to the Pancaratra tradition.

Verse 4.1.15

॥ तमः प्राचुर्ये शूद्रसर्गः ॥ ।
आधिक्ये तमसः पर्द्भ्यां शूत्रान् मिथुनरूपिणः ॥। वर्णेषु पूर्वपूर्वश्श्रेयान् ॥ ।
एतेच वर्णाश्श्रेयांसः पूर्वेपूर्वे यथोदिताः ॥ 15 ॥

| | tamaḥ prācurye śūdrasargaḥ || |
ādhikye tamasaḥ pardbhyāṃ śūtrān mithunarūpiṇaḥ ||| varṇeṣu pūrvapūrvaśśreyān || |
eteca varṇāśśreyāṃsaḥ pūrvepūrve yathoditāḥ || 15 ||

The Sanskrit text of Padma-samhita Verse 4.1.15 is contained in the book Satvata Samhita (Set of 2 Volumes) by Dr. Bhasyam Swamy. 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 (4.1.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pracurya, Shudra, Sarga, Adhikya, Tamas, Tamasa, Mithuna, Rupina, Rupin, Varna, Purvapurva, Shreyas, Shreya, Eta, Etad, Eti, Esha, Shreyamsa, Purva, Yathodita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Padma-samhita Verse 4.1.15). 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: “ | | tamaḥ prācurye śūdrasargaḥ ||
  • Cannot analyse *tamaḥ*pr
  • prācurye -
  • prācurya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • śūdra -
  • śūdra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sargaḥ -
  • sarga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ādhikye tamasaḥ pardbhyāṃ śūtrān mithunarūpiṇaḥ ||| varṇeṣu pūrvapūrvaśśreyān ||
  • ādhikye -
  • ādhikya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • tamasaḥ -
  • tamas (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    tamasa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse pardbhyām*śū
  • Cannot analyse śūtrān*mi
  • mithuna -
  • mithuna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mithuna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rūpiṇaḥ -
  • rūpiṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    rūpin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    rūpin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • varṇeṣu -
  • varṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    varṇa (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • pūrvapūrvaś -
  • pūrvapūrva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śreyān -
  • śreyas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śrā -> śreya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √śrā class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √śrā class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √śrā class 4 verb]
    śrai -> śreya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √śrai class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √śrai class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √śrai class 4 verb]
    śri -> śreya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √śri class 1 verb]
    śrī -> śreya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √śrī class 9 verb]
  • Line 3: “eteca varṇāśśreyāṃsaḥ pūrvepūrve yathoditāḥ
  • ete -
  • eta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    eta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    etā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    etad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    eti (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    eṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    eṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • varṇāś -
  • varṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    varṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • śreyāṃsaḥ -
  • śreyāṃsa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śreyas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • pūrve -
  • pūrva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    pūrva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    pūrvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • pūrve -
  • pūrva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    pūrva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    pūrvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • yathoditāḥ -
  • yathodita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    yathoditā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
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