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 20.301

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पीठस्य दक्षिणे पार्श्वे बलिबिम्बं प्रसादयेत् ।
पाद्यादि चतुरो दद्यात् कर्मार्चायां तथैव च ॥ 301 ॥

pīṭhasya dakṣiṇe pārśve balibimbaṃ prasādayet |
pādyādi caturo dadyāt karmārcāyāṃ tathaiva ca || 301 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.301 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 (20.301). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pitha, Dakshine, Dakshina, Parshva, Parshvi, Balibimba, Catur, Catura, Karman, Arca, Tatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.301). 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: “pīṭhasya dakṣiṇe pārśve balibimbaṃ prasādayet ”
pīṭhasya -
pīṭha (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

pīṭha (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
dakṣiṇe -
dakṣiṇe (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

dakṣiṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [locative single]

dakṣiṇa (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

dakṣiṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
pārśve -
pārśva (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

pārśva (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

pārśvi (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

pārśvi (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

pārśvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
balibimbam -
balibimba (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

balibimba (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
prasā -
√pras (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
ādayet -
√ad (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]
Line 2: “ pādyādi caturo dadyāt karmārcāyāṃ tathaiva ca ”
Cannot analyse *pādyādi*ca
caturo* -
catur (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

catura (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
dadyāt -
√dā (verb class 3)

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

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

[locative single]
tathai -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

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

[imperfect active first dual]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021