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 18.81

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ब्राह्मणान् पूजयेत् पश्चाद्दैवज्ञमनुपूजयेत् ।
उक्तलक्षणहीनेन यदि कुर्यात् प्रमादतः ॥ 81 ॥

brāhmaṇān pūjayet paścāddaivajñamanupūjayet |
uktalakṣaṇahīnena yadi kuryāt pramādataḥ || 81 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 18.81 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 (18.81). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmana, Pashcat, Pashca, Daivajna, Anu, Yadi, Yad, Pramada, Tas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 18.81). 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: “brāhmaṇān pūjayet paścāddaivajñamanupūjayet ”
brāhmaṇān -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
pūjayet -
√pūj (verb class 10)

[optative active third single]
paścād -
paścāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

paśca (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

paśca (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
daivajñam -
daivajña (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

daivajña (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

daivajñā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
anu -
anu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

anu (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

anu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

anu (noun, neuter)

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

anu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

anu (Preverb)

[Preverb]
pūjayet -
√pūj (verb class 10)

[optative active third single]
Line 2: “ uktalakṣaṇahīnena yadi kuryāt pramādataḥ ”
Cannot analyse *uktalakṣaṇahīnena*ya
yadi -
yadi (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

yadi (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
kuryāt -
√kṛ (verb class 8)

[optative active third single]
pramāda -
pramāda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
taḥ -
tas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tas (noun, neuter)

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

ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021