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 16.54

जुहुयुः प्राङ्मुखाः सर्वे सोत्तरीयाः स्वलंकृताः ।
भोजयेद्ब्राह्मणान् रात्रौ भक्तान् द्वादश पायसम् ॥ 54 ॥

juhuyuḥ prāṅmukhāḥ sarve sottarīyāḥ svalaṃkṛtāḥ |
bhojayedbrāhmaṇān rātrau bhaktān dvādaśa pāyasam || 54 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 16.54 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 (16.54). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pranmukha, Sarva, Uttariya, Svalankrita, Ratrau, Ratra, Bhakta, Dvadasha, Dvadashan, Payasa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 16.54). 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: “juhuyuḥ prāṅmukhāḥ sarve sottarīyāḥ svalaṃkṛtāḥ
  • juhuyuḥ -
  • hu (verb class 3)
    [optative active third plural]
  • prāṅmukhāḥ -
  • prāṅmukha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    prāṅmukhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • sarve -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • so -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    so (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
    sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • uttarīyā -
  • uttarīya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • aḥ -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • svalaṅkṛtāḥ -
  • svalaṅkṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    svalaṅkṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “ bhojayedbrāhmaṇān rātrau bhaktān dvādaśa pāyasam
  • Cannot analyse *bhojayedbrāhmaṇān*rā
  • rātrau -
  • rātrau (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    rātra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • bhaktān -
  • bhakta (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • dvādaśa -
  • dvādaśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dvādaśa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dvādaśan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    dvādaśan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • pāyasam -
  • pāyasa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pāyasa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
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