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 22.182

शेषाणामपि वस्तूनामेवं कुर्यात् प्रकीर्तितम् ।
कलशानां तु सर्वेषां देवो नारायणः स्मृतः ॥ 182 ॥

śeṣāṇāmapi vastūnāmevaṃ kuryāt prakīrtitam |
kalaśānāṃ tu sarveṣāṃ devo nārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ || 182 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 22.182 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 (22.182). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shesha, Sheshana, Api, Vastu, Evam, Eva, Prakirtita, Sarva, Deva, Devri, Narayana, Smrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 22.182). 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: “śeṣāṇāmapi vastūnāmevaṃ kuryāt prakīrtitam
  • śeṣāṇām -
  • śeṣa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    śeṣa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    śeṣā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
    śaṣ -> śeṣāṇā (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √śaṣ class 1 verb]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • vastūnām -
  • vastu (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
    vastu (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • evam -
  • evam (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    evam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • kuryāt -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative active third single]
  • prakīrtitam -
  • prakīrtita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    prakīrtita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    prakīrtitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “ kalaśānāṃ tu sarveṣāṃ devo nārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ
  • Cannot analyse *kalaśānām*tu
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • sarveṣām -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • devo* -
  • deva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    devṛ (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • nārāyaṇaḥ -
  • nārāyaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • smṛtaḥ -
  • smṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
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