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 4.28

माञ्जिष्ठवर्णसदृशे दर्दुरस्तत्र संभवे ।
पीतके मण्डले गोष्णा कृष्णे कृष्णाहिरेव च ॥ 28 ॥

māñjiṣṭhavarṇasadṛśe dardurastatra saṃbhave |
pītake maṇḍale goṣṇā kṛṣṇe kṛṣṇāhireva ca || 28 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 4.28 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 (4.28). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Manjishtha, Varnasa, Drisha, Drishi, Drish, Dardura, Tatra, Sambhava, Sambhu, Mandala, Goshan, Krishna, Krishnahi, Eva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 4.28). 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: “māñjiṣṭhavarṇasadṛśe dardurastatra saṃbhave
  • māñjiṣṭha -
  • māñjiṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    māñjiṣṭha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • varṇasa -
  • varṇasa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    varṇasa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dṛśe -
  • dṛśa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    dṛśā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    dṛśi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    dṛś (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    dṛś (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • darduras -
  • dardura (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • sambhave -
  • sambhava (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    sambhava (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sambhavā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sambhu (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    sambhu (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
  • Line 2: “ pītake maṇḍale goṣṇā kṛṣṇe kṛṣṇāhireva ca
  • Cannot analyse *pītake*ma
  • maṇḍale -
  • maṇḍala (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    maṇḍala (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    maṇḍalā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • goṣṇā -
  • goṣan (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    goṣan (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • kṛṣṇe -
  • kṛṣṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kṛṣṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • kṛṣṇāhir -
  • kṛṣṇāhi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
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