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 6.2

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विश्वामित्रः ।
आचर्येणोपदेष्टव्या मन्त्राः प्रणवपूर्वकाः ।
प्रणवस्य समुद्धारः श्रूयतां प्रथमं द्विज ॥ 2 ॥

viśvāmitraḥ |
ācaryeṇopadeṣṭavyā mantrāḥ praṇavapūrvakāḥ |
praṇavasya samuddhāraḥ śrūyatāṃ prathamaṃ dvija || 2 ||

The English translation of Visvamitra-samhita Verse 6.2 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 (6.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vishvamitra, Mantra, Pranava, Purvaka, Samuddhara, Prathamam, Prathama, Dvija,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvamitra-samhita Verse 6.2). 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: “viśvāmitraḥ ”
viśvāmitraḥ -
viśvāmitra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “ ācaryeṇopadeṣṭavyā mantrāḥ praṇavapūrvakāḥ ”
Cannot analyse *ācaryeṇopadeṣṭavyā*ma
mantrāḥ -
mantra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

mantrā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
pūrvakāḥ -
pūrvaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Line 3: “ praṇavasya samuddhāraḥ śrūyatāṃ prathamaṃ dvija ”
Cannot analyse *praṇavasya*sa
samuddhāraḥ -
samuddhāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śrūyatām -
√śru (verb class 5)

[imperative passive third single]
prathamam -
prathamam (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

prathamam (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

prathamam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

prathama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

prathama (noun, neuter)

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

prathamā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
dvija -
dvija (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dvija (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021