Visvaksena-samhita [sanskrit]

33,819 words | ISBN-13: 9788179070383

The Sanskrit text of the Visvaksena-samhita, an ancient Vaishnava Agama, belonging to the Pancaratra tradition. An important topic discussed in the Samhita is that Aniruddha created Brahma and Brahma created all the men and women of the four castes. Visvaksena (lit. “lord of hosts”) is a sort of chief minister to God in all heavenly and mundane affairs. Alternative titles: Viśvaksenāsaṃhitā (विश्वक्सेनासंहिता), Viśvaksenā-saṃhitā (विश्वक्सेना-संहिता), Vishvaksenasamhita, Vishvaksena, Visvaksenasamhita.

Verse 7.7

प्रासादस्थोऽपि यो भुङ्क्ते समुद्रं तरते तु यः ।
अपि दासकुले जातः सोऽपि राजा भविष्यति ॥ 7 ॥

prāsādastho'pi yo bhuṅkte samudraṃ tarate tu yaḥ |
api dāsakule jātaḥ so'pi rājā bhaviṣyati || 7 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 7.7 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 (7.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Prasadastha, Api, Yah, Samudra, Tarat, Dasa, Kula, Kuli, Jatri, Jata, Sah, Raja, Bhavishyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 7.7). 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: “prāsādastho'pi yo bhuṅkte samudraṃ tarate tu yaḥ
  • prāsādastho' -
  • prāsādastha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • yo* -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhuṅkte -
  • bhuj (verb class 7)
    [present middle third single]
  • samudram -
  • samudra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    samudra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    samudrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tarate -
  • tṝ -> tarat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √tṝ class 1 verb]
    tṝ -> tarat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √tṝ class 1 verb]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • yaḥ -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ api dāsakule jātaḥ so'pi rājā bhaviṣyati
  • Cannot analyse *api*dā
  • dāsa -
  • dāsa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dāsa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dās (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
    das (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • kule -
  • kula (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kula (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kulā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kuli (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    kuli (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • jātaḥ -
  • jātṛ (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    jāta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    jan -> jāta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √jan class 1 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 2 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 3 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 4 verb]
  • so' -
  • saḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    so (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • rājā* -
  • rāja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    rājā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bhaviṣyati -
  • bhaviṣyat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhaviṣyat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [future active third single]
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