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 20.348

कुर्यात् स्वार्थे परार्थे च शैलबिम्बे विशेषतः ।
तथैव बालगेहस्य बिम्बस्य मुनिसत्तम ॥ 348 ॥

kuryāt svārthe parārthe ca śailabimbe viśeṣataḥ |
tathaiva bālagehasya bimbasya munisattama || 348 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.348 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 (20.348). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Svartha, Parartha, Shaila, Bimba, Bimbi, Visheshatah, Visheshatas, Bala, Geha, Munisattama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.348). 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: “kuryāt svārthe parārthe ca śailabimbe viśeṣataḥ
  • kuryāt -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative active third single]
  • svārthe -
  • svārtha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    svārtha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    svārthā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • parārthe -
  • parārtha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    parārtha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    parārthā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śaila -
  • śaila (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śaila (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bimbe -
  • bimba (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bimba (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    bimbā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    bimbi (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    bimbi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • viśeṣataḥ -
  • viśeṣataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    viśeṣatas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “ tathaiva bālagehasya bimbasya munisattama
  • Cannot analyse *tathaiva*bā
  • bāla -
  • bāla (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bāla (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • gehasya -
  • geha (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • bimbasya -
  • bimba (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    bimba (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • munisattama -
  • munisattama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    munisattama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
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