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 11.297

स्वतन्त्रे परतन्त्रे च रूपमेवं तु चिन्तयेत् ।
आखुस्तद्वाहनं प्रोक्तं गरुडं वाग्रतः स्मरेत् ॥ 297 ॥

svatantre paratantre ca rūpamevaṃ tu cintayet |
ākhustadvāhanaṃ proktaṃ garuḍaṃ vāgrataḥ smaret || 297 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 11.297 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 (11.297). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Svatantra, Paratantra, Rupa, Evam, Eva, Prokta, Garuda, Vac, Rata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 11.297). 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: “svatantre paratantre ca rūpamevaṃ tu cintayet
  • svatantre -
  • svatantra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    svatantra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    svatantrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • paratantre -
  • paratantra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    paratantra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    paratantrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rūpam -
  • rūpa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    rūpa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    rūpā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • 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]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • cintayet -
  • cint (verb class 10)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “ ākhustadvāhanaṃ proktaṃ garuḍaṃ vāgrataḥ smaret
  • Cannot analyse *ākhustadvāhanam*pr
  • proktam -
  • prokta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    prokta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    proktā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • garuḍam -
  • garuḍa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • vāg -
  • vāc (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • rataḥ -
  • rata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ram -> rata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √ram class 1 verb]
  • smaret -
  • smṛ (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
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