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 21.10

कूर्मं भक्त्या समाराध्य नरो निर्धूतकल्मषः ।
सर्वान् कामाननुप्राप्य विष्णुसायुज्यमाप्नुयात् ॥ 10 ॥

kūrmaṃ bhaktyā samārādhya naro nirdhūtakalmaṣaḥ |
sarvān kāmānanuprāpya viṣṇusāyujyamāpnuyāt || 10 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 21.10 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 (21.10). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kurma, Bhaktya, Bhakti, Samaradhya, Nara, Nri, Nirdhuta, Kalmasha, Kama, Anu, Prapya, Sayujya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 21.10). 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: “kūrmaṃ bhaktyā samārādhya naro nirdhūtakalmaṣaḥ
  • kūrmam -
  • kūrma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • bhaktyā -
  • bhaktyā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    bhakti (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • samārādhya -
  • samārādhya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samārādhya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • naro* -
  • nara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • nirdhūta -
  • nirdhūta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nirdhūta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kalmaṣaḥ -
  • kalmaṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ sarvān kāmānanuprāpya viṣṇusāyujyamāpnuyāt
  • Cannot analyse *sarvān*kā
  • kāmān -
  • kāma (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • anu -
  • anu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    anu (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    anu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    anu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    anu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • prāpya -
  • prāpya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prāpya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • viṣṇu -
  • viṣṇu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    viṣṇu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • sāyujyam -
  • sāyujya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • āpnuyāt -
  • āp (verb class 5)
    [optative active third single]
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