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 10.3

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परमात्मा भवेदादौ द्वितीये वासुदेवकः ।
संकर्षणस्तृतीयः स्यात् प्रद्युम्नस्तु चतुर्थकः ॥ 3 ॥

paramātmā bhavedādau dvitīye vāsudevakaḥ |
saṃkarṣaṇastṛtīyaḥ syāt pradyumnastu caturthakaḥ || 3 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 10.3 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 (10.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Paramatma, Adau, Ada, Adi, Dvitiya, Vasudevaka, Syat, Sya, Pradyumna, Caturthaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 10.3). 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: “paramātmā bhavedādau dvitīye vāsudevakaḥ ”
paramātmā* -
paramātma (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

paramātmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
bhaved -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
ādau -
ādau (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

āda (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

ādi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ādi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
dvitīye -
dvitīya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

dvitīya (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

dvitīyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
vāsudevakaḥ -
vāsudevaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “ saṃkarṣaṇastṛtīyaḥ syāt pradyumnastu caturthakaḥ ”
Cannot analyse *saṅkarṣaṇastṛtīyaḥ*sy
syāt -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
pradyumnas -
pradyumna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
caturthakaḥ -
caturthaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021