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 39.63

स्नापयेद्देवदेवेशं पूजयेद्विधिपूर्वकम् ।
शान्तिहोमं ततः कृत्वा पुण्याहेनैव शुद्ध्यति ॥ 63 ॥

snāpayeddevadeveśaṃ pūjayedvidhipūrvakam |
śāntihomaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā puṇyāhenaiva śuddhyati || 63 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 39.63 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 (39.63). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sna, Devadevesha, Vidhipurvaka, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Kritva, Kritvan, Punyaha, Shuddhi, Ati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 39.63). 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: “snāpayeddevadeveśaṃ pūjayedvidhipūrvakam
  • snā -
  • snā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • āpayed -
  • āp (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
    i (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • devadeveśam -
  • devadeveśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • pūjayed -
  • pūj (verb class 10)
    [optative active third single]
  • vidhipūrvakam -
  • vidhipūrvaka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vidhipūrvaka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “ śāntihomaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā puṇyāhenaiva śuddhyati
  • Cannot analyse *śāntihomam*ta
  • tataḥ -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • kṛtvā -
  • kṛtvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛtvan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • puṇyāhenai -
  • puṇyāha (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • śuddhya -
  • śuddhi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ati -
  • ati (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    ati (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ati (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
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