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 40.173 [55:10]

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वाचकाय च दद्याद्धि आत्मनःश्रेयः इच्छता ॥ १७३ ॥

vācakāya ca dadyāddhi ātmanaḥśreyaḥ icchatā || 173 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 40.173 [55:10] 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 (40.173 [55:10]). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vacaka, Atman, Shreyah, Shreyas, Shreya, Icchata, Icchat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 40.173 [55:10]). 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: “vācakāya ca dadyāddhi ātmanaḥśreyaḥ icchatā ”
vācakāya -
vācaka (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dadyāddh -
√dā (verb class 3)

[optative active third single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
ātmanaḥ -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
śreyaḥ -
śreyaḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

śreyas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

śreyas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

√śrā -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śrā class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śrā class 2 verb], [nominative single from √śrā class 4 verb]

√śrai -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śrai class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śrai class 2 verb], [nominative single from √śrai class 4 verb]

√śri -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śri class 1 verb]

√śrī -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śrī class 9 verb]
icchatā -
icchatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√iṣ -> icchat (participle, masculine)

[instrumental single from √iṣ class 6 verb]

√iṣ -> icchat (participle, neuter)

[instrumental single from √iṣ class 6 verb]