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 30.17

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पुण्याहं वाचयेत्तत्र वैष्णवैर्वेदपारगैः ।
आचार्यः शुक्लवासास्तु शुक्लयज्ञोपवीतवान् ॥ 17 ॥

puṇyāhaṃ vācayettatra vaiṣṇavairvedapāragaiḥ |
ācāryaḥ śuklavāsāstu śuklayajñopavītavān || 17 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 30.17 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 (30.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Punyaha, Tatra, Vaishnava, Vedaparaga, Shuklavasas, Shuklayajnopavitavat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 30.17). 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: “puṇyāhaṃ vācayettatra vaiṣṇavairvedapāragaiḥ ”
puṇyāham -
puṇyāha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
vācayet -
√vac (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vaiṣṇavair -
vaiṣṇava (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

vaiṣṇava (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
vedapāragaiḥ -
vedapāraga (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “ ācāryaḥ śuklavāsāstu śuklayajñopavītavān ”
Cannot analyse *ācāryaḥ*śu
śuklavāsās -
śuklavāsas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
śuklayajñopavītavān -
śuklayajñopavītavat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021