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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 37.53
श्रुतलाभं च वा वृद्धिं कीर्तिलाभं च शाश्वतम् ।
व्यवहारे जयं चैव सरस्वत्यां विनिर्दिशेत् ॥ 53 ॥
śrutalābhaṃ ca vā vṛddhiṃ kīrtilābhaṃ ca śāśvatam |
vyavahāre jayaṃ caiva sarasvatyāṃ vinirdiśet || 53 ||
The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 37.53 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 (37.53). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Shruta, Labha, Var, Vriddhi, Kirti, Shashvata, Jaya, Sarasvati,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 37.53). 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: “śrutalābhaṃ ca vā vṛddhiṃ kīrtilābhaṃ ca śāśvatam ”
- śruta -
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śruta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]śruta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√śru -> śruta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √śru class 5 verb]√śru -> śruta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √śru class 5 verb]
- lābham -
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lābha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]lābhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vā* -
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vār (noun, masculine)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]vār (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]va (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- vṛddhim -
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vṛddhi (noun, feminine)[accusative single]vṛddhi (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- kīrti -
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kīrti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]kīrti (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]kīrtī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]kīrtī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]kīrtī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- lābham -
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lābha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]lābhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- śāśvatam -
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śāśvata (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śāśvata (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “ vyavahāre jayaṃ caiva sarasvatyāṃ vinirdiśet ”
- Cannot analyse *vyavahāre*ja
- jayam -
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jaya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]jaya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]jayā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- cai -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]cā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- aiva -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active first dual]
- sarasvatyām -
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sarasvatī (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- vinir -
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vinis (Preverb)[Preverb]
- diśet -
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√diś (verb class 6)[optative active third single]