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 39.153

आचार्यं पूजयेत् पश्चात् यथाशास्त्रोक्तमार्गतः ।
पतनाद्भेदने चैव ध्वजं त्यक्त्वा तु तत्क्षणात् ॥ 153 ॥

ācāryaṃ pūjayet paścāt yathāśāstroktamārgataḥ |
patanādbhedane caiva dhvajaṃ tyaktvā tu tatkṣaṇāt || 153 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 39.153 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 (39.153). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Acarya, Pashcat, Pashca, Yatha, Shastrokta, Arga, Tas, Dhvaja, Tatkshana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 39.153). 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: “ācāryaṃ pūjayet paścāt yathāśāstroktamārgataḥ
  • ācāryam -
  • ācārya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ācāryā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • pūjayet -
  • pūj (verb class 10)
    [optative active third single]
  • paścāt -
  • paścāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    paśca (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    paśca (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • śāstroktam -
  • śāstrokta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śāstrokta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śāstroktā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ā -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • arga -
  • arga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • taḥ -
  • tas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ patanādbhedane caiva dhvajaṃ tyaktvā tu tatkṣaṇāt
  • Cannot analyse *patanādbhedane*ca
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • dhvajam -
  • dhvaja (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dhvajā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tyaktvā -
  • tyaj -> tyaktvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √tyaj]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • tatkṣaṇāt -
  • tatkṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
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