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 31.19

नारदः ।
एकः प्रधानः कथं पूज्यते स्वे ।
पदे चावृतासने वासुदेवः ।
गुरो विष्णुसेनापते वक्तुमर्ह ।
स्यशेषेण मे संशयच्छेदनाय ॥ 19 ॥

nāradaḥ |
ekaḥ pradhānaḥ kathaṃ pūjyate sve |
pade cāvṛtāsane vāsudevaḥ |
guro viṣṇusenāpate vaktumarha |
syaśeṣeṇa me saṃśayacchedanāya || 19 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 31.19 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 (31.19). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Narada, Pradhana, Katham, Katha, Pujyata, Sva, Rita, Asana, Asani, Vasudeva, Senapati, Arha, Asmad, Samshayacchedana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 31.19). 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: “nāradaḥ
  • nāradaḥ -
  • nārada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ ekaḥ pradhānaḥ kathaṃ pūjyate sve
  • Cannot analyse *ekaḥ*pr
  • pradhānaḥ -
  • pradhāna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • katham -
  • katham (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    katham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kathā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    katha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    katha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • pūjyate -
  • pūjyatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    pūj (verb class 1)
    [present passive third single]
    pūj (verb class 10)
    [present passive third single]
  • sve -
  • sva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    sva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    svā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 3: “ pade cāvṛtāsane vāsudevaḥ
  • Cannot analyse *pade*cā
  • cāvṛ -
  • ca (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ṛtā -
  • ṛta (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    ṛta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṛta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • asane -
  • asana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    asana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    asanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    asani (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    asani (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    san (verb class 1)
    [imperfect middle first single]
  • vāsudevaḥ -
  • vāsudeva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 4: “ guro viṣṇusenāpate vaktumarha
  • Cannot analyse *guro*vi
  • viṣṇu -
  • viṣṇu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    viṣṇu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • senāpate -
  • senāpati (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • vaktum -
  • vac -> vaktum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √vac]
    vac -> vaktum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √vac]
  • arha -
  • arha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    arha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    arh (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • Line 5: “ syaśeṣeṇa me saṃśayacchedanāya
  • Cannot analyse *syaśeṣeṇa*me
  • me -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • saṃśayacchedanāya -
  • saṃśayacchedana (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    saṃśayacchedana (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
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