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 23.9

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ब्राह्मणान् भोजयित्वा तु पुण्याहं तत्र कारयेत् ।
तस्यां भूम्यां शुभायां तु पुष्पवृक्षादिकान् क्रमात् ॥ 9 ॥

brāhmaṇān bhojayitvā tu puṇyāhaṃ tatra kārayet |
tasyāṃ bhūmyāṃ śubhāyāṃ tu puṣpavṛkṣādikān kramāt || 9 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 23.9 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 (23.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmana, Bhojayitva, Punyaha, Tatra, Bhumi, Bhumya, Shubha, Pushpavriksha, Adika, Kramat, Krama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 23.9). 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: “brāhmaṇān bhojayitvā tu puṇyāhaṃ tatra kārayet ”
brāhmaṇān -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
bhojayitvā -
bhojayitvā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

√bhuj -> bhojayitvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √bhuj]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
puṇyāham -
puṇyāha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kārayet -
√kṛ (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]
Line 2: “ tasyāṃ bhūmyāṃ śubhāyāṃ tu puṣpavṛkṣādikān kramāt ”
Cannot analyse *tasyām*bh
bhūmyām -
bhūmi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

bhūmyā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

bhūmī (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
śubhāyām -
śubhā (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
puṣpavṛkṣā -
puṣpavṛkṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
adikān -
adika (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
kramāt -
kramāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

krama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021