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 6.48

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तथैव शूद्रैः शुचिभिस्त्रिवर्णपरिचारिभिः ।
पृथुरेव नमस्कार्यः श्रेयः परमभीप्सुभिः ॥ ४८ ॥

tathaiva śūdraiḥ śucibhistrivarṇaparicāribhiḥ |
pṛthureva namaskāryaḥ śreyaḥ paramabhīpsubhiḥ || 48 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 6.48 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 (6.48). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatha, Shudra, Shuci, Shucin, Trivarna, Paricarin, Prithu, Eva, Namaskari, Namaskarya, Shreyah, Shreyas, Shreya, Parama, Bha, Ipsu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 6.48). 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: “tathaiva śūdraiḥ śucibhistrivarṇaparicāribhiḥ ”
tathai -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

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

[imperfect active first dual]
śūdraiḥ -
śūdra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
śucibhis -
śuci (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

śuci (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

śuci (noun, feminine)

[instrumental plural]

śucin (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

śucin (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

śucī (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
trivarṇa -
trivarṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

trivarṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
paricāribhiḥ -
paricārin (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

paricārin (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “pṛthureva namaskāryaḥ śreyaḥ paramabhīpsubhiḥ ”
pṛthur -
pṛthu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
namaskāryaḥ -
namaskārī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

namaskārya (noun, masculine)

[nominative 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]
parama -
parama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

parama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhī -
bhī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

bhā (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
īpsubhiḥ -
īpsu (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

īpsu (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

īpsu (noun, feminine)

[instrumental plural]