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 11.72

तस्य वर्णं सुवर्णाभं द्विभुजं श्वेतरक्तकम् ।
आसीनं तु प्रसन्नास्यं ब्रह्मलक्ष्मीसमावृतम् ॥ 72 ॥

tasya varṇaṃ suvarṇābhaṃ dvibhujaṃ śvetaraktakam |
āsīnaṃ tu prasannāsyaṃ brahmalakṣmīsamāvṛtam || 72 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 11.72 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 (11.72). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Varna, Suvarnabha, Dvibhuja, Shvetarakta, Kah, Prasannasya, Brahma, Brahman, Lakshmi, Samavrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 11.72). 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: “tasya varṇaṃ suvarṇābhaṃ dvibhujaṃ śvetaraktakam
  • tasya -
  • tas -> tasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √tas]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    tas (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • varṇam -
  • varṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    varṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    varṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    varṇan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    varṇan (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
  • suvarṇābham -
  • suvarṇābha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    suvarṇābhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • dvibhujam -
  • dvibhuja (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dvibhuja (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dvibhujā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • śvetarakta -
  • śvetarakta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śvetarakta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kam -
  • ka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “ āsīnaṃ tu prasannāsyaṃ brahmalakṣmīsamāvṛtam
  • Cannot analyse *āsīnam*tu
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • prasannāsyam -
  • prasannāsyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    prasannāsya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    prasannāsya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • brahma -
  • brahma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    brahma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    brahman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    brahm (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • lakṣmī -
  • lakṣmī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • samāvṛtam -
  • samāvṛta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    samāvṛta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    samāvṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
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