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 16.18

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तावन्मात्रं प्रकुर्वन्ति यावता प्राणधारणम् ।
शेषं धर्मपराः कालमनुध्यान्ति स्वकर्म तत् ॥ १८ ॥

tāvanmātraṃ prakurvanti yāvatā prāṇadhāraṇam |
śeṣaṃ dharmaparāḥ kālamanudhyānti svakarma tat || 18 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 16.18 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 (16.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tavanmatra, Prakurvat, Yavata, Yavat, Pranadharana, Shesha, Dharmapara, Kalam, Kala, Anudhya, Anti, Svakarman, Tat, Tad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 16.18). 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: “tāvanmātraṃ prakurvanti yāvatā prāṇadhāraṇam ”
tāvanmātram -
tāvanmātra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tāvanmātra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
prakurvanti -
prakurvat (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
yāvatā -
yāvatā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yāvat (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yāvat (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
prāṇadhāraṇam -
prāṇadhāraṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “śeṣaṃ dharmaparāḥ kālamanudhyānti svakarma tat ”
śeṣam -
śeṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śeṣa (noun, neuter)

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

śeṣā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
dharmaparāḥ -
dharmapara (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

dharmaparā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
kālam -
kālam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kāla (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kāla (noun, neuter)

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

kālā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
anudhyā -
anudhyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
anti -
anti (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

anti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

antī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
svakarma -
svakarman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]