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 16.51

पालाशखादिराभावे बिल्वैरेव तु कारयेत् ।
बिल्वाभावे मुनिश्रेष्ठ औदुम्बरमथाचरेत् ॥ 51 ॥

pālāśakhādirābhāve bilvaireva tu kārayet |
bilvābhāve muniśreṣṭha audumbaramathācaret || 51 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 16.51 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 (16.51). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Palasha, Khadira, Abhava, Bilva, Eva, Muni, Shreshtha, Audumbara, Atha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 16.51). 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: “pālāśakhādirābhāve bilvaireva tu kārayet
  • pālāśa -
  • pālāśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pālāśa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • khādirā -
  • khādira (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    khādira (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • abhāve -
  • abhāva (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • bilvair -
  • bilva (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    bilva (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • kārayet -
  • kṛ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “ bilvābhāve muniśreṣṭha audumbaramathācaret
  • Cannot analyse *bilvābhāve*mu
  • muni -
  • muni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    muni (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    munī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • śreṣṭha -
  • śreṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śreṣṭha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • audumbaram -
  • audumbara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    audumbara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    audumbarā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • athā -
  • athā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • caret -
  • car (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
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