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 21.17

दशमूर्त्यर्चनं पुण्यं गुह्याद्गुह्यतरं मुने ।
साधकानां हितार्थाय तव भक्तस्य धीमतः ॥ 17 ॥

daśamūrtyarcanaṃ puṇyaṃ guhyādguhyataraṃ mune |
sādhakānāṃ hitārthāya tava bhaktasya dhīmataḥ || 17 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 21.17 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 (21.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dasha, Dashan, Murti, Arcana, Punya, Guhya, Guhyatara, Muni, Hita, Artha, Yushmad, Bhakta, Dhimat, Dhimata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 21.17). 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: “daśamūrtyarcanaṃ puṇyaṃ guhyādguhyataraṃ mune
  • daśa -
  • daśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    daśa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    daśan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    daśan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    daṃś (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • mūrtya -
  • mūrti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    mūrti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    mūrtī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    mūrtī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    mūrtī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • arcanam -
  • arcana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    arcana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    arcanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • puṇyam -
  • puṇya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    puṇya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    puṇyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √puṇ class 10 verb], [accusative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
  • guhyād -
  • guhya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    guhya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    guh -> guhya (participle, masculine)
    [ablative single from √guh class 1 verb]
    guh -> guhya (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √guh class 1 verb]
  • guhyataram -
  • guhyatara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    guhyatara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • mune -
  • muni (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • Line 2: “ sādhakānāṃ hitārthāya tava bhaktasya dhīmataḥ
  • Cannot analyse *sādhakānām*hi
  • hitā -
  • hita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    hita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    hitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    hi -> hita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √hi class 5 verb]
    hi -> hita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √hi class 5 verb]
    hi -> hitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √hi class 5 verb]
  • arthāya -
  • artha (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    artha (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • tava -
  • yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [genitive single]
  • bhaktasya -
  • bhakta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    bhakta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • dhīmataḥ -
  • dhīmat (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    dhīmat (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    dhīmata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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