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 17.9

कर्मार्चादिषु बेरेषु तत्सर्वं कारयेत्तथा ।
न विधिः शयितस्यैषः स्थापनादि प्रकीर्तितम् ॥ 9 ॥

karmārcādiṣu bereṣu tatsarvaṃ kārayettathā |
na vidhiḥ śayitasyaiṣaḥ sthāpanādi prakīrtitam || 9 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 17.9 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 (17.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Karman, Arca, Bera, Tat, Tad, Sarvam, Sarva, Tatha, Vidhi, Shayita, Sthapana, Prakirtita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 17.9). 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: “karmārcādiṣu bereṣu tatsarvaṃ kārayettathā
  • karmā -
  • karman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • arcād -
  • arca (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    arca (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • iṣu -
  • iṣu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    i (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
  • bereṣu -
  • bera (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    bera (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • sarvam -
  • sarvam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sarva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • kārayet -
  • kṛ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ na vidhiḥ śayitasyaiṣaḥ sthāpanādi prakīrtitam
  • Cannot analyse *na*vi
  • vidhiḥ -
  • vidhi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    vidhi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śayitasyai -
  • śayita (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    śayita (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    śī -> śayita (participle, masculine)
    [genitive single from √śī class 1 verb], [genitive single from √śī class 2 verb]
    śī -> śayita (participle, neuter)
    [genitive single from √śī class 1 verb], [genitive single from √śī class 2 verb]
  • aiṣaḥ -
  • eṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active second single]
    iṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • sthāpanā -
  • sthāpana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sthāpana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sthāpanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • adi -
  • ad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ad (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • prakīrtitam -
  • prakīrtita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    prakīrtita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    prakīrtitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
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