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 39.139

एवं यथोक्तस्नपनं कारयेद्यस्तु मानवः ।
मुच्यते पातकैः सर्वेः पद्मपत्रमिवाम्भसा ॥ 139 ॥

evaṃ yathoktasnapanaṃ kārayedyastu mānavaḥ |
mucyate pātakaiḥ sarveḥ padmapatramivāmbhasā || 139 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 39.139 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 (39.139). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Evam, Eva, Yathokta, Snapana, Yah, Manava, Pataka, Saru, Sarva, Padmapatra, Iva, Ambhas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 39.139). 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: “evaṃ yathoktasnapanaṃ kārayedyastu mānavaḥ
  • evam -
  • evam (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    evam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • yathokta -
  • yathokta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yathokta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • snapanam -
  • snapana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    snapana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • kārayed -
  • kṛ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • yas -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • mānavaḥ -
  • mānava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ mucyate pātakaiḥ sarveḥ padmapatramivāmbhasā
  • Cannot analyse *mucyate*pā
  • pātakaiḥ -
  • pātaka (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    pātaka (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • sarve -
  • saru (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    saru (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    saru (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sarva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • eḥ -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • padmapatram -
  • padmapatra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    padmapatra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ivā -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • ambhasā -
  • ambhas (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
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