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 13.55

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संकर्षणो मुनिश्छन्दोऽनुष्टुप् देवोऽस्य मत्स्यकः ।
द्वितीयस्य मुनिश्रेष्ठ वर्णो धूम्र उदाहृतः ॥ 55 ॥

saṃkarṣaṇo muniśchando'nuṣṭup devo'sya matsyakaḥ |
dvitīyasya muniśreṣṭha varṇo dhūmra udāhṛtaḥ || 55 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 13.55 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 (13.55). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sankarshana, Muni, Chanda, Chandas, Chandu, Anushtubh, Deva, Devri, Idam, Matsyaka, Shreshtha, Varna, Dhumra, Udahrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 13.55). 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: “saṃkarṣaṇo muniśchando'nuṣṭup devo'sya matsyakaḥ ”
saṅkarṣaṇo* -
saṅkarṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
muniś -
muni (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
chando' -
chandas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

chanda (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

chandu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

chandu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
anuṣṭup -
anuṣṭubh (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

anuṣṭubh (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

anuṣṭubh (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
devo' -
deva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

devṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
asya -
√as -> asya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √as]

a (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√as (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
matsyakaḥ -
matsyaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “ dvitīyasya muniśreṣṭha varṇo dhūmra udāhṛtaḥ ”
Cannot analyse *dvitīyasya*mu
muni -
muni (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

muni (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

munī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

mū (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
śreṣṭha -
śreṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śreṣṭha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
varṇo* -
varṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
dhūmra*u -
dhūmra (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

dhūmra (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

dhūmrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ud -
udāhṛtaḥ -
udāhṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021