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 8.32

द्रष्टा हि तां भवानद्य स्वां भार्यां शुभचारिणीम् ।
नित्यं तपस्यभिरतां वडवारूपधारिणीम् ।
पर्णाहारां कृशां दीनां जटिलां मलधारिणीम् ।
हस्तिहस्तपरिक्लिष्टां व्याकुलां पद्मिनीमिव ।
श्लाघ्यां योगबलोपेतां योगमास्थाय गोपते ॥ ३२ ॥

draṣṭā hi tāṃ bhavānadya svāṃ bhāryāṃ śubhacāriṇīm |
nityaṃ tapasyabhiratāṃ vaḍavārūpadhāriṇīm |
parṇāhārāṃ kṛśāṃ dīnāṃ jaṭilāṃ maladhāriṇīm |
hastihastaparikliṣṭāṃ vyākulāṃ padminīmiva |
ślāghyāṃ yogabalopetāṃ yogamāsthāya gopate || 32 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 8.32 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 (8.32). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Drashta, Bhava, Bhavant, Adya, Sva, Bharya, Shubha, Carini, Nityam, Nitya, Tapa, Tapasya, Tapas, Abhirata, Vadava, Rupadharini, Parnahara, Krisha, Dina, Jatila, Maladharin, Hastihasta, Pariklishta, Vyakula, Padmini, Iva, Shlaghya, Yogabala, Upeta, Yoga, Asthaya, Gopati, Gopat, Gopata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 8.32). 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: “draṣṭā hi tāṃ bhavānadya svāṃ bhāryāṃ śubhacāriṇīm
  • draṣṭā* -
  • draṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • tām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • bhavān -
  • bhava (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    bhavant (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • adya -
  • adya (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    adya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    adya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • svām -
  • svā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • bhāryām -
  • bhāryā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    bhṛ -> bhāryā (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √bhṛ]
  • śubha -
  • śubha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śubha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śubh (verb class 6)
    [imperative active second single]
  • cāriṇīm -
  • cāriṇī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “nityaṃ tapasyabhiratāṃ vaḍavārūpadhāriṇīm
  • nityam -
  • nityam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nitya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nitya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nityā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tapasya -
  • tapasya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tapasya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tapa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    tapa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    tapas (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    tap (verb class 1)
    [present active second single]
  • abhiratām -
  • abhiratā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • vaḍavā -
  • vaḍavā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • rūpadhāriṇīm -
  • rūpadhāriṇī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 3: “parṇāhārāṃ kṛśāṃ dīnāṃ jaṭilāṃ maladhāriṇīm
  • parṇāhārām -
  • parṇāhārā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • kṛśām -
  • kṛśā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • dīnām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
    dīnā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • jaṭilām -
  • jaṭilā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • maladhāriṇī -
  • maladhārin (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • im -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 4: “hastihastaparikliṣṭāṃ vyākulāṃ padminīmiva
  • hastihasta -
  • hastihasta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • parikliṣṭām -
  • parikliṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • vyākulām -
  • vyākulā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • padminīm -
  • padminī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • iva -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Line 5: “ślāghyāṃ yogabalopetāṃ yogamāsthāya gopate
  • ślāghyām -
  • ślāghyā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    ślāgh -> ślāghyā (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √ślāgh class 1 verb]
  • yogabalo -
  • yogabala (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • upetām -
  • upetā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • yogam -
  • yoga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    yogā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • āsthāya -
  • āsthāya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • gopate -
  • gopati (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    gopat (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    gopat (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    gopatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Harivamsa Verse 8.32

Cover of edition (2012)

Harivamsa Purana
by Ras Bihari Lal and Sons (2012)

Set of 10 Volumes; Transliterated Text with English Translation; [5425 pages]

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Cover of edition (2021)

Shri Harivamsa Purana in Marathi
by Jitendra Nath Thakur (2021)

श्रीहरिवंशपुराण [Dharmik Prakashan Sanstha, Mumbai]

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Cover of edition (2012)

Shri Harivamsha Purana (Telugu)
by Gollapudi Veeraswamy Son (2012)

శ్రీ వారివంశవ్రరాణం [Gollapudi Veeraswamy Son]

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Preview of verse 8.32 in Telugu sript:
ద్రష్టా హి తాం భవానద్య స్వాం భార్యాం శుభచారిణీమ్ ।
నిత్యం తపస్యభిరతాం వడవారూపధారిణీమ్ ।
పర్ణాహారాం కృశాం దీనాం జటిలాం మలధారిణీమ్ ।
హస్తిహస్తపరిక్లిష్టాం వ్యాకులాం పద్మినీమివ ।
శ్లాఘ్యాం యోగబలోపేతాం యోగమాస్థాయ గోపతే ॥ ౩౨ ॥

Cover of Gujarati edition

Harivamsa Purana in Gujarati
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2017)

હરિવંશપુરાણ

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Preview of verse 8.32 in Gujarati sript:
દ્રષ્ટા હિ તાં ભવાનદ્ય સ્વાં ભાર્યાં શુભચારિણીમ્ ।
નિત્યં તપસ્યભિરતાં વડવારૂપધારિણીમ્ ।
પર્ણાહારાં કૃશાં દીનાં જટિલાં મલધારિણીમ્ ।
હસ્તિહસ્તપરિક્લિષ્ટાં વ્યાકુલાં પદ્મિનીમિવ ।
શ્લાઘ્યાં યોગબલોપેતાં યોગમાસ્થાય ગોપતે ॥ ૩૨ ॥

Cover of edition (2021)

Harivansha Mahapurana (Kannada)
by Saraswati Prakashan, Belgaum (2021)

1568 pages

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Preview of verse 8.32 in Kannada sript:
ದ್ರಷ್ಟಾ ಹಿ ತಾಂ ಭವಾನದ್ಯ ಸ್ವಾಂ ಭಾರ್ಯಾಂ ಶುಭಚಾರಿಣೀಮ್ ।
ನಿತ್ಯಂ ತಪಸ್ಯಭಿರತಾಂ ವಡವಾರೂಪಧಾರಿಣೀಮ್ ।
ಪರ್ಣಾಹಾರಾಂ ಕೃಶಾಂ ದೀನಾಂ ಜಟಿಲಾಂ ಮಲಧಾರಿಣೀಮ್ ।
ಹಸ್ತಿಹಸ್ತಪರಿಕ್ಲಿಷ್ಟಾಂ ವ್ಯಾಕುಲಾಂ ಪದ್ಮಿನೀಮಿವ ।
ಶ್ಲಾಘ್ಯಾಂ ಯೋಗಬಲೋಪೇತಾಂ ಯೋಗಮಾಸ್ಥಾಯ ಗೋಪತೇ ॥ ೩೨ ॥

Cover of edition (2013)

Shri Harivamsa Purana (Narayani Language)
by Ramtej Pandey (2013)

With Commentary (Set Of 3 Volumes); Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation; [Chaukhamba Sanskrit Pratishthan]

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