Bhrigu-samhita [sanskrit]

by Members of the Sansknet Project | 2020 | 45,052 words

The Sanskrit text of the Bhrigu-samhita, an ancient text belonging to the Vaikhanasa Agama section of the Pancaratra tradition and dates to at least 11th century (or earlier). The name “Bhrigusamhita” literally means “The Compendium of Bhrigu” and basically represents a work on Vaishnava theology. The English translation of the Bhrigu-samhita is indicatory only as it was performed by a translation software. Alternative titles: Bhṛgusaṃhitā (भृगुसंहिता), Bhṛgu-saṃhitā (भृगु-संहिता), Bhrgusamhita.

मृत्योर्हि किङ्करा दण्डा ह्यग्नितापास्सुदारुणाः ।
घोराश्च वारुणाः पाशा नोपसर्पन्ति भूमिदम् ॥ १७९ ॥

mṛtyorhi kiṅkarā daṇḍā hyagnitāpāssudāruṇāḥ |
ghorāśca vāruṇāḥ pāśā nopasarpanti bhūmidam || 179 ||

Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.

The punishments of the servants of death are terrible The terrible ropes of Varuna do not approach the giver of the earth.

English translation by Google (2023)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (35.179). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mriti, Mrityu, Kinkara, Danda, Agnitapa, Sudaruna, Ghora, Varuna, Pasha, Sarpat, Sarpanti, Bhumida,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Bhrigu-samhita Verse 35.179). 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: “mṛtyorhi kiṅkarā daṇḍā hyagnitāpāssudāruṇāḥ
  • mṛtyor -
  • mṛti (noun, feminine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    mṛtyu (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • kiṅkarā* -
  • kiṅkara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kiṅkarā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • daṇḍā* -
  • daṇḍa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    daṇḍā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • hya -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • agnitāpās -
  • agnitāpa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • sudāruṇāḥ -
  • sudāruṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sudāruṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “ghorāśca vāruṇāḥ pāśā nopasarpanti bhūmidam
  • ghorāś -
  • ghora (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ghorā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vāruṇāḥ -
  • vāruṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vāruṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • pāśā* -
  • pāśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    pāśā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • no -
  • nu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • pa -
  • pa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sarpanti -
  • sarpat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    sṛp -> sarpat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √sṛp class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sṛp class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √sṛp class 1 verb]
    sṛp -> sarpantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √sṛp class 1 verb]
    sṛp (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • bhūmidam -
  • bhūmida (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bhūmida (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    bhūmidā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Bhrigu-samhita Verse 35.179

Cover of edition (2020)

Bhṛgusaṃhitā (a text of the Vaikhānasa-tradition)
by Members of the Sansknet Project (2020)

Publisher: Göttingen Register of Electronic Texts in Indian Languages (GRETIL), SUB Göttingen; Note: The Text is not Proof-read!

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