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 20.79

अधर्माज्ञान वैराग्यानैश्वर्यं च चतुष्टयम् ।
विन्यसेच्च चतुर्दिक्षु पूर्वादिषु यथाक्रमम् ॥ 79 ॥

adharmājñāna vairāgyānaiśvaryaṃ ca catuṣṭayam |
vinyasecca caturdikṣu pūrvādiṣu yathākramam || 79 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.79 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 (20.79). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Adharma, Ajnana, Vairagi, Vairagin, Vairagya, Anaishvarya, Catushtaya, Catu, Catus, Dish, Dikshu, Purvadi, Yatha, Akramam, Akrama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 20.79). 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: “adharmājñāna vairāgyānaiśvaryaṃ ca catuṣṭayam
  • adharmā -
  • adharma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    adharmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ajñāna -
  • ajñāna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ajñāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vairāgyā -
  • vairāgī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single]
    vairāgin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    vairāgin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vairāgya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ānaiśvaryam -
  • ānaiśvarya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • catuṣṭayam -
  • catuṣṭaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    catuṣṭaya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “ vinyasecca caturdikṣu pūrvādiṣu yathākramam
  • Cannot analyse *vinyasecca*ca
  • catur -
  • catur (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    catus (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    catu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    catu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • dikṣu -
  • dikṣu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    dikṣu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    dikṣu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    diś (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
  • pūrvādiṣu -
  • pūrvādi (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    pūrvādi (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
    pūrvādi (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • akramam -
  • akramam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    akrama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    akrama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    akramā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    kram (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active first single], [aorist active first single]
    kram (verb class 4)
    [aorist active first single]
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