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 37.86

जरद्गवं प्रपश्येता नराः शोकार्णवं पुनः ।
व्रजन्ति व्याधिना पीडा कलहं च गृहे भवेत् ॥ 86 ॥

jaradgavaṃ prapaśyetā narāḥ śokārṇavaṃ punaḥ |
vrajanti vyādhinā pīḍā kalahaṃ ca gṛhe bhavet || 86 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 37.86 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:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (37.86). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jaradgava, Prapashya, Ita, Nara, Shoka, Arnava, Puna, Vyadhin, Vyadhi, Pida, Kalaha, Grih, Griha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 37.86). 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: “jaradgavaṃ prapaśyetā narāḥ śokārṇavaṃ punaḥ
  • jaradgavam -
  • jaradgava (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • prapaśye -
  • prapaśya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    prapaśya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • itā* -
  • ita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    itā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    i -> ita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √i class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> itā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √i class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √i class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √i class 2 verb]
  • narāḥ -
  • nara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    narā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • śokā -
  • śoka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śoka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śokā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    śuk (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • arṇavam -
  • arṇava (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    arṇava (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    arṇavā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • punaḥ -
  • pu (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    puna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “ vrajanti vyādhinā pīḍā kalahaṃ ca gṛhe bhavet
  • Cannot analyse *vrajanti*vy
  • vyādhinā -
  • vyādhin (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    vyādhin (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    vyādhi (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • pīḍā -
  • pīḍā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • kalaham -
  • kalaha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kalahā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • gṛhe -
  • gṛh (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    gṛh (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    gṛhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
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