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 11.165

एवं ध्यायेन्मुनिश्रेष्ठ सर्वकामप्रदं हरिम् ।
अस्यास्त्रन्यासभेदं तु श्रुणु नारद सत्तम ॥ 165 ॥

evaṃ dhyāyenmuniśreṣṭha sarvakāmapradaṃ harim |
asyāstranyāsabhedaṃ tu śruṇu nārada sattama || 165 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 11.165 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 (11.165). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Evam, Eva, Muni, Shreshtha, Sarvakamaprada, Hari, Narada, Sattama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 11.165). 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: “evaṃ dhyāyenmuniśreṣṭha sarvakāmapradaṃ harim
  • evam -
  • evam (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    evam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • dhyāyen -
  • dhyā (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • muni -
  • muni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    muni (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    munī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • śreṣṭha -
  • śreṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śreṣṭha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sarvakāmapradam -
  • sarvakāmapradā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    sarvakāmaprada (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sarvakāmaprada (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • harim -
  • hari (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    hari (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “ asyāstranyāsabhedaṃ tu śruṇu nārada sattama
  • Cannot analyse *asyāstranyāsabhedam*tu
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • Cannot analyse śruṇu*nā
  • nārada -
  • nārada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nārada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sattama -
  • sattama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sattama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
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