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 14.85

विष्णुश्चैव महाविष्णुस्तथैव च महामुने ।
तृप्यत्व त्र महान्नेन हृष्टा गृह्णन्ति तच्चरुम् ॥ 85 ॥

viṣṇuścaiva mahāviṣṇustathaiva ca mahāmune |
tṛpyatva tra mahānnena hṛṣṭā gṛhṇanti taccarum || 85 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 14.85 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 (14.85). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vishnu, Mahavishnu, Tatha, Mahamuni, Tra, Maha, Mahat, Hrishta, Grihnat, Tat, Tad, Caru,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 14.85). 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: “viṣṇuścaiva mahāviṣṇustathaiva ca mahāmune
  • viṣṇuś -
  • viṣṇu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    viṣṇu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • mahāviṣṇus -
  • mahāviṣṇu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tathai -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mahāmune -
  • mahāmuni (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “ tṛpyatva tra mahānnena hṛṣṭā gṛhṇanti taccarum
  • Cannot analyse *tṛpyatva*tr
  • tra -
  • tra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mahānn -
  • maha (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    mahat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • ena -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • hṛṣṭā* -
  • hṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    hṛṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    hṛṣ -> hṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √hṛṣ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √hṛṣ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √hṛṣ class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √hṛṣ class 4 verb]
    hṛṣ -> hṛṣṭā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √hṛṣ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √hṛṣ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √hṛṣ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √hṛṣ class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √hṛṣ class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √hṛṣ class 4 verb]
  • gṛhṇanti -
  • gṛhṇat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    grah -> gṛhṇat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √grah class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √grah class 9 verb], [accusative plural from √grah class 9 verb]
    grah (verb class 9)
    [present active third plural]
  • tac -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • carum -
  • caru (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
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