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 13.59

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नारायणो ऋषिश्छन्दो निचृत्गायत्र उच्यते ।
देवता मान वो विद्यात् षष्ठस्यैव तु धूम्रकः ॥ 59 ॥

nārāyaṇo ṛṣiśchando nicṛtgāyatra ucyate |
devatā māna vo vidyāt ṣaṣṭhasyaiva tu dhūmrakaḥ || 59 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 13.59 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 (13.59). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Rishi, Chanda, Chandas, Nicrit, Gayatra, Ucyat, Mana, Yushmad, Vidya, Shashtha, Dhumraka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 13.59). 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: “nārāyaṇo ṛṣiśchando nicṛtgāyatra ucyate ”
nārāyaṇo -
ṛṣiś -
ṛṣi (noun, masculine)

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

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

chanda (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
nicṛt -
nicṛt (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
gāyatra* -
gāyatra (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]
Line 2: “ devatā māna vo vidyāt ṣaṣṭhasyaiva tu dhūmrakaḥ ”
Cannot analyse *devatā*mā
māna -
māna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

māna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√man -> māna (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √man class 4 verb], [vocative single from √man class 8 verb]

√man -> māna (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √man class 4 verb], [vocative single from √man class 8 verb]

√mān (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
vo* -
va (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
vidyāt -
vidya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√vid (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
ṣaṣṭhasyai -
ṣaṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ṣaṣṭha (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
dhūmrakaḥ -
dhūmraka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021