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 31.7

स्वार्थे परार्थेऽर्चकस्त्वर्चनायै ।
सुप्ततद्द्वयं पूतदेशे निषण्णः ।
ततोपायतया भक्तितत्त्वार्णबीज ।
च्छन्दोमुनिक्षेत्रदेवे च मानवाः ॥ 7 ॥

svārthe parārthe'rcakastvarcanāyai |
suptataddvayaṃ pūtadeśe niṣaṇṇaḥ |
tatopāyatayā bhaktitattvārṇabīja |
cchandomunikṣetradeve ca mānavāḥ || 7 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 31.7 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 (31.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Svartha, Parartha, Arcaka, Tva, Yushmad, Rica, Puta, Desha, Nishanna, Bhaktitattva, Arna, Bija, Manava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 31.7). 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: “svārthe parārthe'rcakastvarcanāyai
  • svārthe -
  • svārtha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    svārtha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    svārthā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • parārthe' -
  • parārtha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    parārtha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    parārthā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • arcakas -
  • arcaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tvar -
  • tva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative single]
  • ṛca -
  • ṛca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṛc (verb class 6)
    [imperative active second single]
  • nāyai -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
  • Line 2: “ suptataddvayaṃ pūtadeśe niṣaṇṇaḥ
  • Cannot analyse *suptataddvayam*pū
  • pūta -
  • pūta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pūta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    -> pūta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √ class 9 verb]
    -> pūta (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √ class 9 verb]
    pūy -> pūta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √pūy class 1 verb]
    pūy -> pūta (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √pūy class 1 verb]
  • deśe -
  • deśa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    deśā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • niṣaṇṇaḥ -
  • niṣaṇṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 3: “ tatopāyatayā bhaktitattvārṇabīja
  • Cannot analyse *tatopāyatayā*bh
  • bhaktitattvā -
  • bhaktitattva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhaktitattva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • arṇa -
  • arṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    arṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bīja -
  • bīja (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bīja (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 4: “ cchandomunikṣetradeve ca mānavāḥ
  • Cannot analyse *cchandomunikṣetradeve*ca
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mānavāḥ -
  • mānava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
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