Visvamitra-samhita [sanskrit]

20,660 words | ISBN-13: 9788179070383

The Sanskrit text of the Visvamitra-samhita, an ancient text belonging to the Pancaratra tradition. Visvamitrasamhita is noted for listing authoritative Pancaratra works and the benefits obtained by chanting Lord Hari’s name. Alternative titles: Viśvāmitrasaṃhitā (विश्वामित्रसंहिता), Viśvāmitra-saṃhitā (विश्वामित्र-संहिता), Vishvamitrasamhita, Vishvamitra.

Verse 3.17

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शिष्याणां लक्षणं वच्मि तच्छृणुप्व साहितः ।
त्रिषु वर्णेषु संभूतः प्रशस्तकुलसंभवः ॥ 17 ॥

śiṣyāṇāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ vacmi tacchṛṇupva sāhitaḥ |
triṣu varṇeṣu saṃbhūtaḥ praśastakulasaṃbhavaḥ || 17 ||

The English translation of Visvamitra-samhita Verse 3.17 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 (3.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shishya, Lakshana, Tat, Tad, Sahita, Varna, Sambhuta, Prashasta, Kulasambhava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvamitra-samhita Verse 3.17). 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: “śiṣyāṇāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ vacmi tacchṛṇupva sāhitaḥ ”
śiṣyāṇām -
śiṣya (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

śiṣya (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

śiṣyā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]

√śās -> śiṣya (participle, masculine)

[genitive plural from √śās class 2 verb]

√śās -> śiṣya (participle, neuter)

[genitive plural from √śās class 2 verb]

√śās -> śiṣyā (participle, feminine)

[genitive plural from √śās class 2 verb]

√śiṣ -> śiṣya (participle, masculine)

[genitive plural from √śiṣ class 10 verb]

√śiṣ -> śiṣya (participle, neuter)

[genitive plural from √śiṣ class 10 verb]

√śiṣ -> śiṣyā (participle, feminine)

[genitive plural from √śiṣ class 10 verb]
lakṣaṇam -
lakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

lakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

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

lakṣaṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vacmi -
√vac (verb class 2)

[present active first single]
tacch -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
śṛṇu -
√śru (verb class 5)

[imperative active second single]
pva -
sāhitaḥ -
√sah -> sāhita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sah]

√sah -> sāhita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sah]
Line 2: “ triṣu varṇeṣu saṃbhūtaḥ praśastakulasaṃbhavaḥ ”
Cannot analyse *triṣu*va
varṇeṣu -
varṇa (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

varṇa (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
sambhūtaḥ -
sambhūta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
praśasta -
praśasta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

praśasta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kulasambhavaḥ -
kulasambhava (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021