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 13.61

गोविन्दश्चाष्टमस्यैव ऋषिश्छन्दोष्णिगेव च ।
दैवं दाशरथी रामो वर्णः कालाग्निसंनिभः ॥ 61 ॥

govindaścāṣṭamasyaiva ṛṣiśchandoṣṇigeva ca |
daivaṃ dāśarathī rāmo varṇaḥ kālāgnisaṃnibhaḥ || 61 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 13.61 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:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (13.61). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Govinda, Asi, Iyam, Idam, Eva, Rishi, Chanda, Chandu, Ushnih, Dasharathi, Rama, Varna, Samnibha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 13.61). 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: “govindaścāṣṭamasyaiva ṛṣiśchandoṣṇigeva ca
  • govindaś -
  • govinda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • cāṣ -
  • ca (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ṭam -
  • ṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ṭa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ṭā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • asyai -
  • as -> asya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √as]
    a (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    asi (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single], [dative single]
    asī (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single], [dative single]
    iyam (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    idam (pronoun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    as (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single], [imperative passive first single]
  • eva* -
  • eva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ṛṣiś -
  • ṛṣi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • chando -
  • chanda (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    chanda (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    chandā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    chandu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    chandu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    chand (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • uṣṇig -
  • uṣṇih (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “ daivaṃ dāśarathī rāmo varṇaḥ kālāgnisaṃnibhaḥ
  • Cannot analyse *daivam*dā
  • dāśarathī -
  • dāśarathī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    dāśarathi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • rāmo* -
  • rāma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [present active first plural]
  • varṇaḥ -
  • varṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kālāgni -
  • kālāgni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • saṃnibhaḥ -
  • saṃnibha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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