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 39.286

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सात्त्वंतं पञ्चरात्राख्यं साक्षद्विष्णुमुखाच्छ्रुतम् ।
अनुष्ठेयं द्विजश्रेष्ठैर्वैष्णवैर्वेदपारगैः ॥ 286 ॥

sāttvaṃtaṃ pañcarātrākhyaṃ sākṣadviṣṇumukhācchrutam |
anuṣṭheyaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhairvaiṣṇavairvedapāragaiḥ || 286 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 39.286 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 (39.286). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sat, Pancaratra, Sakshat, Vishnumukha, Shrut, Shruta, Dvijashreshtha, Vaishnava, Vedaparaga,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 39.286). 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: “sāttvaṃtaṃ pañcarātrākhyaṃ sākṣadviṣṇumukhācchrutam ”
sāt -
sa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

sāt (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
tvantam -
tvantā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
pañcarātrā -
pañcarātra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pañcarātra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pañcarātrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
akhyam -
√khyā (verb class 2)

[aorist active first single]
sākṣad -
√sākṣ -> sākṣat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √sākṣ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √sākṣ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √sākṣ class 1 verb]
viṣṇumukhācch -
viṣṇumukha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

viṣṇumukha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
śrutam -
śruta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śruta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

śrutā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

śrut (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

śrut (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

√śru -> śruta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √śru class 5 verb]

√śru -> śruta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √śru class 5 verb], [accusative single from √śru class 5 verb]
Line 2: “ anuṣṭheyaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhairvaiṣṇavairvedapāragaiḥ ”
Cannot analyse *anuṣṭheyam*dv
dvijaśreṣṭhair -
dvijaśreṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
vaiṣṇavair -
vaiṣṇava (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

vaiṣṇava (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
vedapāragaiḥ -
vedapāraga (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021