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 22.26

अष्टाक्षरेण कुर्यात् स्नपनं सर्वार्थसाधको भवति ।
इत्युक्तं मम गुरुणा स्नपनमिदं सारतस्तवोद्दिष्टम् ॥ 26 ॥

aṣṭākṣareṇa kuryāt snapanaṃ sarvārthasādhako bhavati |
ityuktaṃ mama guruṇā snapanamidaṃ sāratastavoddiṣṭam || 26 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 22.26 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 (22.26). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ashtakshara, Snapana, Sarvarthasadhaka, Bhavati, Bhavat, Bhavant, Asmad, Guru, Idam, Saratah, Yushmad, Uddishta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 22.26). 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: “aṣṭākṣareṇa kuryāt snapanaṃ sarvārthasādhako bhavati
  • aṣṭākṣareṇa -
  • aṣṭākṣara (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    aṣṭākṣara (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • kuryāt -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative active third single]
  • snapanam -
  • snapana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    snapana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • sarvārthasādhako* -
  • sarvārthasādhaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhavati -
  • bhavatī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    bhavat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • Line 2: “ ityuktaṃ mama guruṇā snapanamidaṃ sāratastavoddiṣṭam
  • Cannot analyse *ityuktam*ma
  • mama -
  • asmad (pronoun, none)
    [genitive single]
    (verb class 2)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 3)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • guruṇā -
  • guru (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    guru (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    gurū (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • snapanam -
  • snapana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    snapana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • idam -
  • idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • sāratas -
  • sārataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • tavo -
  • yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [genitive single]
  • uddiṣṭam -
  • uddiṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    uddiṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    uddiṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
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