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 27.132

शङ्खाद्या वै बाह्यतो लोकपालाः ।
विष्वक्सेनो वैनतेयश्च बाह्ये ।
भूतेशा वै बाह्यतः पूजनीयाः ।
गौल्यन्नं वै भक्ष्यमग्नेश्च कार्यम् ॥ 132 ॥

śaṅkhādyā vai bāhyato lokapālāḥ |
viṣvakseno vainateyaśca bāhye |
bhūteśā vai bāhyataḥ pūjanīyāḥ |
gaulyannaṃ vai bhakṣyamagneśca kāryam || 132 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 27.132 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 (27.132). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shankha, Bahyatah, Lokapala, Vainateya, Bahye, Bahya, Pujaniya, Bhakshya, Agni, Karya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 27.132). 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: “śaṅkhādyā vai bāhyato lokapālāḥ
  • śaṅkhād -
  • śaṅkha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    śaṅkha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • yā* -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vai -
  • (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
  • bāhyato* -
  • bāhyataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • lokapālāḥ -
  • lokapāla (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    lokapālā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “ viṣvakseno vainateyaśca bāhye
  • Cannot analyse *viṣvakseno*va
  • vainateyaś -
  • vainateya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bāhye -
  • bāhye (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    bāhya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    bāhya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    bāhyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 3: “ bhūteśā vai bāhyataḥ pūjanīyāḥ
  • Cannot analyse *bhūteśā*va
  • vai -
  • (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
  • bāhyataḥ -
  • bāhyataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • pūjanīyāḥ -
  • pūjanīya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    pūjanīyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    pūj -> pūjanīya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √pūj class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √pūj class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √pūj class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √pūj class 10 verb]
    pūj -> pūjanīyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √pūj class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √pūj class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √pūj class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √pūj class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √pūj class 10 verb], [accusative plural from √pūj class 10 verb]
  • Line 4: “ gaulyannaṃ vai bhakṣyamagneśca kāryam
  • Cannot analyse *gaulyannam*va
  • vai -
  • (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
  • bhakṣyam -
  • bhakṣya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bhakṣya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    bhakṣyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    bhakṣ -> bhakṣya (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √bhakṣ]
    bhakṣ -> bhakṣya (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √bhakṣ]
    bhakṣ -> bhakṣyā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √bhakṣ]
    bhakṣ -> bhakṣya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √bhakṣ]
    bhakṣ -> bhakṣya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √bhakṣ], [accusative single from √bhakṣ]
  • agneś -
  • agni (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kāryam -
  • kārya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kārya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kāryā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kārya (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kāryā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kārya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ], [accusative single from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]
    kṛ -> kārya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 6 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]
    kṝ -> kārya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṝ class 9 verb]
    kṝ -> kārya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṝ class 9 verb], [accusative single from √kṝ class 9 verb]
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