Harivamsa [text] [sanskrit]

76,857 words

The Sanskrit edition of the Harivamsa, 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 4.23

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वैशंपायन उवाच ।
हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि पृथोर्वैन्यस्य संभवम् ।
एकाग्रः प्रयतश्चैव शुश्रूषुर्जनमेजय ॥ २३ ॥

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
hanta te kathayiṣyāmi pṛthorvainyasya saṃbhavam |
ekāgraḥ prayataścaiva śuśrūṣurjanamejaya || 23 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 4.23 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 (4.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vaishampayana, Hanta, Tad, Yushmad, Prith, Prithu, Vainya, Sambhava, Ekagra, Prayata, Prayat, Shushrushu, Janamejaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 4.23). 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: “vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca ”
vaiśampāyana* -
vaiśampāyana (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 2: “hanta te kathayiṣyāmi pṛthorvainyasya saṃbhavam ”
hanta -
hanta (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

hanta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

hanta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
kathayiṣyāmi -
√kath (verb class 10)

[future active first single]
pṛthor -
pṛth (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

pṛthu (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
vainyasya -
vainya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
sambhavam -
sambhava (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sambhava (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

sambhavā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 3: “ekāgraḥ prayataścaiva śuśrūṣurjanamejaya ”
ekāgraḥ -
ekāgra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
prayataś -
prayata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√pre -> prayat (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √pre class 2 verb], [ablative single from √pre class 2 verb], [genitive single from √pre class 2 verb]

√pre -> prayat (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √pre class 2 verb], [genitive single from √pre class 2 verb]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
śuśrūṣur -
śuśrūṣu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

śuśrūṣu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
janamejaya -
janamejaya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]