Harivamsa [appendix] [sanskrit]

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The Sanskrit edition of the Harivamsa [appendix version], an important addition to the larger epic Mahabharata, existing in several editions. The text deals with the ancient Indian Solar and Lunar dynasties leading and recounts the history of Krishna.

Verse 29A.1

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जनमेजय उवाच पुण्यकानां ममोत्पत्तिं कथयस्व द्विजोत्तम ॥ १ ॥

janamejaya uvāca puṇyakānāṃ mamotpattiṃ kathayasva dvijottama || 1 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 29A.1 is contained in the book Harivamsa Purana in 3 Volumes by Shanti Lal Nagar. 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 (29A.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Janamejaya, Punyaka, Asmad, Mama, Utpatti, Dvijottama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 29A.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: “janamejaya uvāca puṇyakānāṃ mamotpattiṃ kathayasva dvijottama ”
janamejaya* -
janamejaya (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]
puṇyakānām -
puṇyaka (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
mamo -
asmad (pronoun, none)

[genitive single]

mamā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√mā (verb class 2)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 3)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 4)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
utpattim -
utpatti (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
kathayasva -
√kath (verb class 10)

[imperative middle second single]
dvijottama -
dvijottama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]