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 28.68

कृमिकीटपतङ्गाद्यैः स्पर्शितेऽस्मिन् प्रमादतः ।
बलिद्रव्ये मुनिश्रेष्ठ सन्त्याज्यं देवतार्चने ॥ 68 ॥

kṛmikīṭapataṅgādyaiḥ sparśite'smin pramādataḥ |
balidravye muniśreṣṭha santyājyaṃ devatārcane || 68 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 28.68 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:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (28.68). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Krimi, Krimin, Kitapatanga, Yah, Yat, Sparshita, Idam, Pramada, Tas, Muni, Shreshtha, Santyajya, Devatarcana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 28.68). 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: “kṛmikīṭapataṅgādyaiḥ sparśite'smin pramādataḥ
  • kṛmi -
  • kṛmi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    kṛmi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    kṛmī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    kṛmin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    kṛmin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • kīṭapataṅgād -
  • kīṭapataṅga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • yaiḥ -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • sparśite' -
  • spṛś -> sparśita (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √spṛś]
    spṛś -> sparśita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √spṛś], [vocative dual from √spṛś], [accusative dual from √spṛś], [locative single from √spṛś]
    spṛś -> sparśitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √spṛś], [vocative single from √spṛś], [vocative dual from √spṛś], [accusative dual from √spṛś]
  • asmin -
  • idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • pramāda -
  • pramāda (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • taḥ -
  • tas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ balidravye muniśreṣṭha santyājyaṃ devatārcane
  • Cannot analyse *balidravye*mu
  • muni -
  • muni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    muni (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    munī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • śreṣṭha -
  • śreṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śreṣṭha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • santyājyam -
  • santyājya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    santyājya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    santyājyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • devatārcane -
  • devatārcana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
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