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 5.16

ब्रह्माथ रुद्रसृष्टिं तां व्यर्थां वीक्ष्य ततः प्रभुः ।
मरीचिमद्धिं पुलहं पुलस्त्यं च भुगुं तथा ॥ 16 ॥

brahmātha rudrasṛṣṭiṃ tāṃ vyarthāṃ vīkṣya tataḥ prabhuḥ |
marīcimaddhiṃ pulahaṃ pulastyaṃ ca bhuguṃ tathā || 16 ||

The English translation of Visvamitra-samhita Verse 5.16 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 (5.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahma, Han, Rudrasrishti, Vyartha, Vikshya, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Prabhu, Pulaha, Pulastya, Bhuk, Bhuj, Tatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvamitra-samhita Verse 5.16). 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: “brahmātha rudrasṛṣṭiṃ tāṃ vyarthāṃ vīkṣya tataḥ prabhuḥ
  • brahmāt -
  • brahma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    brahma (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ha -
  • ha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    han (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • rudrasṛṣṭim -
  • rudrasṛṣṭi (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • tām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • vyarthām -
  • vyarthā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • vīkṣya -
  • vīkṣya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vīkṣya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tataḥ -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • prabhuḥ -
  • prabhu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    prabhu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ marīcimaddhiṃ pulahaṃ pulastyaṃ ca bhuguṃ tathā
  • Cannot analyse *marīcimaddhim*pu
  • pulaham -
  • pulaha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • pulastyam -
  • pulastya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhug -
  • bhuk (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    bhuj (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    bhuj (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • um -
  • u (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
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