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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 4.38
ब्राह्मणा मुखतोऽभूवन् बाह्वोश्च क्षत्रियास्तथा ।
ऊवोर्वैश्यास्तथा पदभ्यां शूद्रा जाताः पृथक् पृथक् ॥ 38 ॥
brāhmaṇā mukhato'bhūvan bāhvośca kṣatriyāstathā |
ūvorvaiśyāstathā padabhyāṃ śūdrā jātāḥ pṛthak pṛthak || 38 ||
The English translation of Visvamitra-samhita Verse 4.38 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 (4.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Brahmana, Mukhatas, Bahu, Kshatriya, Tatha, Pada, Bha, Shudra, Jata, Prithak,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvamitra-samhita Verse 4.38). 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: “brāhmaṇā mukhato'bhūvan bāhvośca kṣatriyāstathā ”
- brāhmaṇā* -
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brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]brāhmaṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- mukhato' -
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mukhatas (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]mukhatas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- abhūvan -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[aorist active third plural]
- bāhvoś -
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bāhu (noun, masculine)[genitive dual], [locative dual]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kṣatriyās -
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kṣatriya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]kṣatriyā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- tathā -
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tathā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tathā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “ ūvorvaiśyāstathā padabhyāṃ śūdrā jātāḥ pṛthak pṛthak ”
- Cannot analyse *ūvorvaiśyāstathā*pa
- pada -
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pada (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√pad (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- bhyā -
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bhī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]bhā (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- ām -
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ā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]o (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- śūdrā* -
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śūdra (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]śūdrā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- jātāḥ -
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jāta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]jātā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√jan -> jāta (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √jan class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √jan class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √jan class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √jan class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 4 verb]√jan -> jātā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √jan class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √jan class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √jan class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √jan class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √jan class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √jan class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √jan class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √jan class 4 verb]
- pṛthak -
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pṛthak (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- pṛthak -
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pṛthak (indeclinable)[indeclinable]