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 18.72

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बल्यन्ते तु मुनिश्रेष्ठ श्रीसूक्तं तु पठेत् त्रिधा ।
श्रीमन्त्रं तत्स्तुतिं वापि पठेत्तन्त्रविचक्षणः ॥ 72 ॥

balyante tu muniśreṣṭha śrīsūktaṃ tu paṭhet tridhā |
śrīmantraṃ tatstutiṃ vāpi paṭhettantravicakṣaṇaḥ || 72 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 18.72 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 (18.72). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Muni, Shreshtha, Shrisukta, Tridha, Tat, Tad, Stuti, Vapi, Vapin, Tantra, Vicakshana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 18.72). 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: “balyante tu muniśreṣṭha śrīsūktaṃ tu paṭhet tridhā ”
balyante -
√bal (verb class 1)

[present passive third plural]

√bal (verb class 10)

[present passive third plural]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
muni -
muni (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

muni (noun, neuter)

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

munī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

mū (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
śreṣṭha -
śreṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śreṣṭha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śrīsūktam -
śrīsūkta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
paṭhet -
√paṭh (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
tridhā -
tridhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “ śrīmantraṃ tatstutiṃ vāpi paṭhettantravicakṣaṇaḥ ”
Cannot analyse *śrīmantram*ta
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
stutim -
stuti (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
vāpi -
vāpi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

vāpī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

vāpin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

vāpin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
paṭhet -
√paṭh (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
tantra -
tantra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vicakṣaṇaḥ -
vicakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021