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 23.30

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हस्तं प्रक्षाल्य तान् छेद्य पात्रे शूद्रैस्तु पूरयेत् ।
सपुष्पपात्रमादाय ब्रह्मणो वेदपारगः ॥ 30 ॥

hastaṃ prakṣālya tān chedya pātre śūdraistu pūrayet |
sapuṣpapātramādāya brahmaṇo vedapāragaḥ || 30 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 23.30 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 (23.30). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Hasta, Prakshalya, Chedya, Patri, Patra, Shudra, Brahman, Brahmana, Vedaparaga,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 23.30). 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: “hastaṃ prakṣālya tān chedya pātre śūdraistu pūrayet ”
hastam -
hasta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

hasta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

hastā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
prakṣālya -
prakṣālya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

prakṣālya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prakṣālya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tān -
ta (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

sa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
chedya -
chedya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

chedya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√chid -> chedya (participle, masculine)

[compound from √chid]

√chid -> chedya (participle, neuter)

[compound from √chid]

√chid -> chedya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √chid]

√chid -> chedya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √chid]

√chid -> chedya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √chid]
pātre -
pātṛ (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

pātra (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

pātra (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
śūdrais -
śūdra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
pūrayet -
√pṝ (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]
Line 2: “ sapuṣpapātramādāya brahmaṇo vedapāragaḥ ”
Cannot analyse *sapuṣpapātramādāya*br
brahmaṇo* -
brahman (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

brahmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vedapāragaḥ -
vedapāraga (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021