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 20.28

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तर्पयेत् स्वस्वमन्त्रेण स्नानकर्म समाचरेत् ।
अशक्तः पुनराचम्य प्रोक्तां विद्यामनुस्मरन् ॥ 28 ॥

tarpayet svasvamantreṇa snānakarma samācaret |
aśaktaḥ punarācamya proktāṃ vidyāmanusmaran || 28 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.28 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 (20.28). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Svasu, Svan, Amantra, Snana, Karman, Sama, Punar, Acamya, Prokta, Smarat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.28). 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: “tarpayet svasvamantreṇa snānakarma samācaret ”
tarpayet -
√tṛp (verb class 0)

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

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

svan (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

svan (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
amantreṇa -
amantra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

amantra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
snāna -
snāna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
karma -
karman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
samā -
samā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

samā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
caret -
√car (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
Line 2: “ aśaktaḥ punarācamya proktāṃ vidyāmanusmaran ”
Cannot analyse *aśaktaḥ*pu
punar -
punar (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

punar (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ācamya -
ācamya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
proktām -
proktā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
vidyāma -
√vid (verb class 2)

[optative active first plural]
nu -
nu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

nu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

nau (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
smaran -
√smṛ -> smarat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021