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 13.13

भार्गवे भार्गवं विद्यात्...दैवस्तु कथ्यते ।
मुनिं तु भार्गवं देवं पीताभो वर्ण उच्यते ॥ 13 ॥

bhārgave bhārgavaṃ vidyāt...daivastu kathyate |
muniṃ tu bhārgavaṃ devaṃ pītābho varṇa ucyate || 13 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 13.13 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 (13.13). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhargava, Vidya, Daiva, Deva, Pita, Varna, Ucyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 13.13). 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: “bhārgave bhārgavaṃ vidyāt...daivastu kathyate
  • bhārgave -
  • bhārgava (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhārgava (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • bhārgavam -
  • bhārgava (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bhārgava (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vidyāt -
  • vidya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    vid (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • daivas -
  • daiva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • kathyate -
  • kath (verb class 10)
    [present passive third single]
  • Line 2: “ muniṃ tu bhārgavaṃ devaṃ pītābho varṇa ucyate
  • Cannot analyse *munim*tu
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • bhārgavam -
  • bhārgava (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bhārgava (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • devam -
  • deva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    deva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    devā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    devan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
  • pītā -
  • pīta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pīta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pītā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    -> pīta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √ class 2 verb]
    -> pīta (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √ class 2 verb]
    -> pītā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √ class 2 verb]
    -> pīta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ class 3 verb]
    -> pīta (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ class 3 verb]
    -> pītā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √ class 3 verb]
    pai -> pīta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √pai class 1 verb]
    pai -> pīta (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √pai class 1 verb]
    pai -> pītā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √pai class 1 verb]
    pi -> pīta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √pi class 1 verb], [vocative single from √pi class 2 verb], [vocative single from √pi class 3 verb]
    pi -> pīta (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √pi class 1 verb], [vocative single from √pi class 2 verb], [vocative single from √pi class 3 verb]
    pi -> pītā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √pi class 1 verb], [nominative single from √pi class 2 verb], [nominative single from √pi class 3 verb]
    -> pīta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √ class 2 verb], [vocative single from √ class 3 verb], [vocative single from √ class 4 verb]
    -> pīta (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √ class 2 verb], [vocative single from √ class 3 verb], [vocative single from √ class 4 verb]
    -> pītā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √ class 3 verb], [nominative single from √ class 4 verb]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second plural]
  • abho* -
  • bhṛ (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active second single], [imperfect active third single]
  • varṇa* -
  • varṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ucyate -
  • uc -> ucyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √uc class 4 verb]
    uc -> ucyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √uc class 4 verb]
    vac (verb class 2)
    [present passive third single]
    vac (verb class 3)
    [present passive third single]
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