Visvaksena-samhita [sanskrit]

33,819 words | ISBN-13: 9788179070383

The Sanskrit text of the Visvaksena-samhita, an ancient Vaishnava Agama, belonging to the Pancaratra tradition. An important topic discussed in the Samhita is that Aniruddha created Brahma and Brahma created all the men and women of the four castes. Visvaksena (lit. “lord of hosts”) is a sort of chief minister to God in all heavenly and mundane affairs. Alternative titles: Viśvaksenāsaṃhitā (विश्वक्सेनासंहिता), Viśvaksenā-saṃhitā (विश्वक्सेना-संहिता), Vishvaksenasamhita, Vishvaksena, Visvaksenasamhita.

Verse 1.10

खातयेद्रत्निमात्रं तु पांसुमुद्धृत्य पूरयेत् ।
पांसुरप्यधिको यत्र सा भूमिः सर्वकामदा ॥ 10 ॥

khātayedratnimātraṃ tu pāṃsumuddhṛtya pūrayet |
pāṃsurapyadhiko yatra sā bhūmiḥ sarvakāmadā || 10 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 1.10 is contained in the book The Pancaratra Agamas (an Introduction) by Swami Harshananda. This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:

Buy now! English translation by Swami Harshananda (2002)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (1.10). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Khati, Dra, Tan, Matra, Pamsu, Uddhritya, Yatra, Bhumi, Sarvakamada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 1.10). 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: “khātayedratnimātraṃ tu pāṃsumuddhṛtya pūrayet
  • khātaye -
  • khāti (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
  • dra -
  • dra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tni -
  • tan (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • mātram -
  • mātra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    mātra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    mātrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • pāṃsum -
  • pāṃsu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • uddhṛtya -
  • uddhṛtya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • pūrayet -
  • pṝ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “ pāṃsurapyadhiko yatra bhūmiḥ sarvakāmadā
  • Cannot analyse *pāṃsurapyadhiko*ya
  • yatra -
  • yatra (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yatra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yatra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sā* -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [accusative plural]
  • bhūmiḥ -
  • bhūmi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    bhūmi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sarvakāmadā -
  • sarvakāmadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
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