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 32.1

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द्वात्रिंशोऽध्यायः ।
विष्वक्सेनः ।
अथातः संप्रवक्ष्यामि हेतिराजस्य लक्षणम् ।
शृणु नारद गुह्येन उत्तमादि क्रमेण तु ॥ 1 ॥

dvātriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ |
viṣvaksenaḥ |
athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi hetirājasya lakṣaṇam |
śṛṇu nārada guhyena uttamādi krameṇa tu || 1 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 32.1 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 (32.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dvatrimsha, Adhyaya, Vishvaksena, Heti, Aja, Lakshana, Narada, Guhya, Uttama, Kramena, Krama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 32.1). 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: “dvātriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ”
dvātriṃśo' -
dvātriṃśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
adhyāyaḥ -
adhyāya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√dhyā (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second single]
Line 2: “viṣvaksenaḥ ”
viṣvaksenaḥ -
viṣvaksena (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 3: “ athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi hetirājasya lakṣaṇam ”
Cannot analyse *athātaḥ*sa
sampra -
sampra (Preverb)

[Preverb]
vakṣyāmi -
√vac (verb class 2)

[future active first single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[future active first single]

√vah (verb class 1)

[future active first single]
hetir -
heti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

heti (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ājasya -
āja (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

āja (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
lakṣaṇam -
lakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

lakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

lakṣaṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 4: “ śṛṇu nārada guhyena uttamādi krameṇa tu ”
Cannot analyse *śṛṇu*nā
nārada -
nārada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

nārada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
guhyena -
guhya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

guhya (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

√guh -> guhya (participle, masculine)

[instrumental single from √guh class 1 verb]

√guh -> guhya (participle, neuter)

[instrumental single from √guh class 1 verb]
uttamā -
uttama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

uttama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

uttamā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
adi -
ad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ad (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
krameṇa -
krameṇa (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

krama (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021