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 117.1

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जनमेजय उवाच ।
एषं विलुलिते लोके मनुष्याः केन पालिताः ।
निवत्स्यन्ति किमाचाराः किमाहारविहारिणः ॥ १ ॥

janamejaya uvāca |
eṣaṃ vilulite loke manuṣyāḥ kena pālitāḥ |
nivatsyanti kimācārāḥ kimāhāravihāriṇaḥ || 1 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 117.1 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 (117.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Janamejaya, Esha, Vilulita, Loka, Manushi, Manushya, Kena, Kah, Kim, Palita, Nivat, Syat, Syanti, Kimacara, Kimahara, Viharin, Vihari,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 117.1). 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: “janamejaya uvāca ”
janamejaya* -
janamejaya (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: “eṣaṃ vilulite loke manuṣyāḥ kena pālitāḥ ”
eṣam -
eṣa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
vilulite -
vilulita (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vilulita (noun, neuter)

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

vilulitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
loke -
loka (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

√lok (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
manuṣyāḥ -
manuṣī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

manuṣya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

manuṣyā (noun, feminine)

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

[indeclinable]

kena (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kena (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ka (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ka (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
pālitāḥ -
pālita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

pālitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√pāl -> pālita (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √pāl class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √pāl class 10 verb]

√pāl -> pālitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √pāl class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √pāl class 10 verb], [accusative plural from √pāl class 10 verb]

√pā -> pālita (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √pā], [vocative plural from √pā]

√pā -> pālitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √pā], [vocative plural from √pā], [accusative plural from √pā]
Line 3: “nivatsyanti kimācārāḥ kimāhāravihāriṇaḥ ”
nivat -
nivat (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
syanti -
√sā -> syat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √sā class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √sā class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √sā class 4 verb]

√sā -> syantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √sā class 4 verb]

√sā (verb class 4)

[present active third plural]
kimācārāḥ -
kimācāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kimācārā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
kimāhāra -
kimāhāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kimāhāra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vihāriṇaḥ -
vihārin (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

vihārin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

vihārī (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]