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 20.330

अन्यथाफलमाप्नोति दुर्भिक्षानर्थदा भवेत् ।
तस्मात् कुर्यात् प्रयत्नेन बलिं विणोर्विधानतः ॥ 330 ॥

anyathāphalamāpnoti durbhikṣānarthadā bhavet |
tasmāt kuryāt prayatnena baliṃ viṇorvidhānataḥ || 330 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.330 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 (20.330). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Anyatha, Aphala, Durbhiksha, Anartha, Prayatna, Bali, Vina, Urvi, Dhana, 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 20.330). 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: “anyathāphalamāpnoti durbhikṣānarthadā bhavet
  • anyathā -
  • anyathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    anyathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aphalam -
  • aphala (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    aphala (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    aphalā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    phal (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active first single]
  • āpnoti -
  • āp (verb class 5)
    [present active third single]
  • durbhikṣā -
  • durbhikṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • anartha -
  • anartha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    anartha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    arth (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
  • dā* -
  • da (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [nominative plural], [vocative single], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “ tasmāt kuryāt prayatnena baliṃ viṇorvidhānataḥ
  • Cannot analyse *tasmāt*ku
  • kuryāt -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative active third single]
  • prayatnena -
  • prayatna (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • balim -
  • bali (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • viṇo -
  • viṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    viṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • urvi -
  • urvī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • dhāna -
  • dhāna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dhāna (noun, neuter)
    [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]
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