Visvaksena-samhita [sanskrit]

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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 11.14

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इत्युक्तं वासुदेवस्य श्रृणु संकर्षणस्य तु ।
बालसूर्यप्रतीकाशः संकर्षण इति स्मृतः ॥ 14 ॥

ityuktaṃ vāsudevasya śrṛṇu saṃkarṣaṇasya tu |
bālasūryapratīkāśaḥ saṃkarṣaṇa iti smṛtaḥ || 14 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 11.14 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 (11.14). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ityukta, Vasudeva, Sankarshana, Iti, Smrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 11.14). 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: “ityuktaṃ vāsudevasya śrṛṇu saṃkarṣaṇasya tu ”
ityuktam -
ityukta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
vāsudevasya -
vāsudeva (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

vāsudeva (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
Cannot analyse śrṛṇu*sa
saṅkarṣaṇasya -
saṅkarṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

saṅkarṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
Line 2: “ bālasūryapratīkāśaḥ saṃkarṣaṇa iti smṛtaḥ ”
Cannot analyse *bālasūryapratīkāśaḥ*sa
saṅkarṣaṇa* -
saṅkarṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
smṛtaḥ -
smṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021