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 39.336

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उत्सवं कारयेत्तस्मिन् बलिहोमपुरःसरम् ।
एकाहं वा त्र्यहं वाथ सप्ताहं वा मुनीश्वर ॥ 336 ॥

utsavaṃ kārayettasmin balihomapuraḥsaram |
ekāhaṃ vā tryahaṃ vātha saptāhaṃ vā munīśvara || 336 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 39.336 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 (39.336). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Utsava, Tad, Balihoma, Purahsara, Tryaha, Saptaha, Var, Munishvara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 39.336). 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: “utsavaṃ kārayettasmin balihomapuraḥsaram ”
utsavam -
utsava (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
kārayet -
√kṛ (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]
tasmin -
tad (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
balihoma -
balihoma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
puraḥsaram -
puraḥsara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

puraḥsara (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “ ekāhaṃ vā tryahaṃ vātha saptāhaṃ vā munīśvara ”
Cannot analyse *ekāham*vā
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
tryaham -
tryaha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tryaha (noun, neuter)

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

tryahā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vātha -
√vā (verb class 2)

[present active second plural]

√vā (verb class 1)

[present active second plural]
saptāham -
saptāha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

saptāhan (noun, neuter)

[adverb]
vā* -
vār (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

vār (noun, neuter)

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

va (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
munīśvara -
munīśvara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021