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 20.289

शनैः शनैर्मुनिश्रेष्ठ शङ्खाद्यैर्गेयसंयुतम् ।
बलिभ्रमणकाले तु बिम्बाग्रे बलिमाचरेत् ॥ 289 ॥

śanaiḥ śanairmuniśreṣṭha śaṅkhādyairgeyasaṃyutam |
balibhramaṇakāle tu bimbāgre balimācaret || 289 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.289 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 (20.289). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shanaih, Shana, Muni, Shreshtha, Shankha, Yah, Yat, Geya, Samyuta, Bimba, Agre, Agra, Agri, Baliman,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.289). 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: “śanaiḥ śanairmuniśreṣṭha śaṅkhādyairgeyasaṃyutam
  • śanaiḥ -
  • śanaiḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    śana (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    śana (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • śanair -
  • śanaiḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    śana (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    śana (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • muni -
  • muni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    muni (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    munī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • śreṣṭha -
  • śreṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śreṣṭha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śaṅkhād -
  • śaṅkha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    śaṅkha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • yair -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • geya -
  • geya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    geya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • saṃyutam -
  • saṃyuta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    saṃyuta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    saṃyutā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “ balibhramaṇakāle tu bimbāgre balimācaret
  • Cannot analyse *balibhramaṇakāle*tu
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • bimbā -
  • bimba (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bimba (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bimbā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • agre -
  • agre (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    agra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    agra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    agrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    agri (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • balimā -
  • baliman (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • caret -
  • car (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
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