Bhagavata Purana [sanskrit]

140,807 words

This Sanskrit edition of the Bhagavatapurana. It is one of the traditional eighteen Mahapuranas presented as an encyclopedia of ancient Indian history and knowledge. The extant edition contains 12 books originally written in 18,000 Sanskrit verses

Verse 11.2.1

वसुदेवाय देवर्षिनारदोपदेशः तत्र निमिनवयोगेश्वरसंवादरूपेण ।
पूर्वं भागवतधर्मस्य भागवतलक्षणस्य च वर्णनम् ।
श्रीशुक उवाच ।
गोविन्दभुजगुप्तायां द्वारवत्यां कुरूद्वह ।
अवात्सीन्नारदोऽभीक्ष्णं कृष्णोपासनलालसः ॥ १ ॥

vasudevāya devarṣināradopadeśaḥ tatra niminavayogeśvarasaṃvādarūpeṇa |
pūrvaṃ bhāgavatadharmasya bhāgavatalakṣaṇasya ca varṇanam |
śrīśuka uvāca |
govindabhujaguptāyāṃ dvāravatyāṃ kurūdvaha |
avātsīnnārado'bhīkṣṇaṃ kṛṣṇopāsanalālasaḥ || 1 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 11.2.1 is contained in the book Shrimad Bhagavat Maha Puranam by . This book is available online or you could buy the latest edition:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (11.2.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vasudeva, Devarshinarada, Upadesha, Tatra, Nava, Navan, Yogeshvara, Samvada, Rupa, Purvam, Purva, Bhagavatadharma, Bhagavata, Lakshana, Varnana, Shrishuka, Govinda, Bhuja, Gupta, Dvaravati, Kuru, Udvaha, Ava, Abhikshnam, Abhikshna, Krishna, Upasana, Lalasa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.2.1). 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: “vasudevāya devarṣināradopadeśaḥ tatra niminavayogeśvarasaṃvādarūpeṇa
  • vasudevāya -
  • vasudeva (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    vasudeva (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • devarṣinārado -
  • devarṣinārada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    devarṣinārada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • upadeśaḥ -
  • upadeśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • nimi -
  • nimi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • nava -
  • nava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nava (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    navan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    navan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nu (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • yogeśvara -
  • yogeśvara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • saṃvāda -
  • saṃvāda (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rūpeṇa -
  • rūpa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    rūpa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • Line 2: “pūrvaṃ bhāgavatadharmasya bhāgavatalakṣaṇasya ca varṇanam
  • pūrvam -
  • pūrvam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pūrva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pūrva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • bhāgavatadharmasya -
  • bhāgavatadharma (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    bhāgavatadharma (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • bhāgavata -
  • bhāgavata (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhāgavata (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • lakṣaṇasya -
  • lakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    lakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • varṇanam -
  • varṇana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    varṇanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 3: “śrīśuka uvāca
  • śrīśuka* -
  • śrīśuka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • uvāca -
  • vac (verb class 2)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
    vac (verb class 3)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
  • Line 4: “govindabhujaguptāyāṃ dvāravatyāṃ kurūdvaha
  • govinda -
  • govinda (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhuja -
  • bhuja (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhuj (verb class 6)
    [imperative active second single]
  • guptāyām -
  • guptā (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    gup -> guptā (participle, feminine)
    [locative single from √gup class 4 verb]
  • dvāravatyām -
  • dvāravatī (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • kurū -
  • kuru (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kuru (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kṛ (verb class 8)
    [imperative active second single]
  • udvaha -
  • udvaha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    udvaha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 5: “avātsīnnārado'bhīkṣṇaṃ kṛṣṇopāsanalālasaḥ
  • avāt -
  • ava (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active third single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • -
  • si (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • īnn -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ārad -
  • (verb class 1)
    [aorist active third single]
    (verb class 3)
    [aorist active third single]
    (verb class 5)
    [aorist active third single]
  • o' -
  • o (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    a (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    u (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • abhīkṣṇam -
  • abhīkṣṇam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    abhīkṣṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    abhīkṣṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    abhīkṣṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • kṛṣṇo -
  • kṛṣṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kṛṣṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • upāsana -
  • upāsana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • lālasaḥ -
  • lālasa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 11.2.1

Cover of edition (2012)

Shrimad Bhagavat Maha Puranam
by (2012)

Publisher: Gita Press, Gorakhpur; 768 pages.

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Cover of edition (2011)

The Bhagavata Purana (5 Volumes)
by G. P. Bhatt (2011)

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.; 2241 pages. Edited By: Prof. J.L. Shastri

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Cover of edition (2013)

The Srimad Bhagavata Purana: Hindi Translation and Detailed Explanation
by Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (2013)

Publisher: The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust; 17691 pages; 18 volumes; Sanskrit Text, Word-to-Word Meaning, Hindi Translation and Detailed Explanation

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Cover of Bengali edition

Srimad Bhagavat Mahapurana in Bengali
by (2018)

Publisher: Gita Press, Gorakhpur; 2035 pages.

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Preview of verse 11.2.1 in Bengali sript:
বসুদেবায দেবর্ষিনারদোপদেশঃ তত্র নিমিনবযোগেশ্বরসংবাদরূপেণ ।
পূর্বং ভাগবতধর্মস্য ভাগবতলক্ষণস্য চ বর্ণনম্ ।
শ্রীশুক উবাচ ।
গোবিন্দভুজগুপ্তাযাং দ্বারবত্যাং কুরূদ্বহ ।
অবাত্সীন্নারদোঽভীক্ষ্ণং কৃষ্ণোপাসনলালসঃ ॥ ১ ॥

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