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 39.290

नानुष्ठेयं द्विजश्रेष्ठैरात्मनोऽर्थे परस्य च ।
प्रतिलोमहितार्थाय पूजयेत् पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥ 290 ॥

nānuṣṭheyaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhairātmano'rthe parasya ca |
pratilomahitārthāya pūjayet puruṣottamam || 290 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 39.290 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 (39.290). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nanu, Shtha, Iyam, Idam, Dvijashreshtha, Atman, Artha, Para, Purushottama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 39.290). 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: “nānuṣṭheyaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhairātmano'rthe parasya ca
  • nānu -
  • nānū (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • ṣṭhe -
  • ṣṭhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • iyam -
  • iyam (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    ī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    ī (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    idam (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • dvijaśreṣṭhair -
  • dvijaśreṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • ātmano' -
  • ātman (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • arthe -
  • artha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    artha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    arth (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
  • parasya -
  • para (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    para (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “ pratilomahitārthāya pūjayet puruṣottamam
  • Cannot analyse *pratilomahitārthāya*pū
  • pūjayet -
  • pūj (verb class 10)
    [optative active third single]
  • puruṣottamam -
  • puruṣottama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
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