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 20.263

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नारायणोपनिषदं उच्चार्य च पुनः पुनः ।
त्रिभिः काण्डैःसमुच्चार्य मन्त्रेणैव महामुने ॥ 263 ॥

nārāyaṇopaniṣadaṃ uccārya ca punaḥ punaḥ |
tribhiḥ kāṇḍaiḥsamuccārya mantreṇaiva mahāmune || 263 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.263 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 (20.263). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Narayanopanishad, Uccarya, Puna, Kanda, Samucca, Arya, Mantra, Mahamuni,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.263). 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: “nārāyaṇopaniṣadaṃ uccārya ca punaḥ punaḥ ”
nārāyaṇopaniṣadam -
nārāyaṇopaniṣad (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
uccārya -
uccārya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

uccārya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
punaḥ -
pu (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

puna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

pū (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
punaḥ -
pu (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

puna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

pū (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “ tribhiḥ kāṇḍaiḥsamuccārya mantreṇaiva mahāmune ”
Cannot analyse *tribhiḥ*kā
kāṇḍaiḥ -
kāṇḍa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

kāṇḍa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
samuccā -
samucca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

samucca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

samuccā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
arya -
arya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

arya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mantreṇai -
mantra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
mahāmune -
mahāmuni (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021