Bhagavata Purana [sanskrit]

140,807 words

This Sanskrit edition of the Bhagavatapurana. It is one of the traditional eighteen Mahapuranas presented as an encyclopedia of ancient Indian history and knowledge. The extant edition contains 12 books originally written in 18,000 Sanskrit verses

Verse 3.2.23

अहो बकी यं स्तनकालकूटं ।
जिघांसयापाययदप्यसाध्वी ।
लेभे गतिं धात्र्युचितां ततोऽन्यं ।
कं वा दयालुं शरणं व्रजेम ॥ २३ ॥

aho bakī yaṃ stanakālakūṭaṃ |
jighāṃsayāpāyayadapyasādhvī |
lebhe gatiṃ dhātryucitāṃ tato'nyaṃ |
kaṃ vā dayāluṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajema || 23 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.2.23 is contained in the book Shrimad Bhagavat Maha Puranam by . 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 (3.2.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ahan, Baki, Yah, Stana, Kalakuta, Jighamsa, Apya, Sadhvi, Sadhvin, Gati, Dhatri, Ucita, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Anya, Kah, Var, Dayalu, Sharana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.2.23). 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: “aho bakī yaṃ stanakālakūṭaṃ
  • aho* -
  • ahan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ahar (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    has (verb class 1)
    [aorist active second single]
  • bakī -
  • bakī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • yam -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • stana -
  • stana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    stan (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • kālakūṭam -
  • kālakūṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kālakūṭa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kālakūṭā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “jighāṃsayāpāyayadapyasādhvī
  • jighāṃsayā -
  • jighāṃsā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • apāyayad -
  • (verb class 0)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • apya -
  • apya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sādhvī -
  • sādhvī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    sādhvin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 3: “lebhe gatiṃ dhātryucitāṃ tato'nyaṃ
  • lebhe -
  • labh (verb class 1)
    [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
  • gatim -
  • gati (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    gati (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • dhātryu -
  • dhātri (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    dhātrī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • ucitām -
  • ucitā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    uc -> ucitā (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √uc class 4 verb]
  • tato' -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • anyam -
  • anya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 4: “kaṃ dayāluṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajema
  • kam -
  • ka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • vā* -
  • vār (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vār (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • dayālum -
  • dayālu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    dayālu (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • śaraṇam -
  • śaraṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śaraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śaraṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • vrajema -
  • vraj (verb class 1)
    [optative active first plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 3.2.23

Cover of edition (2012)

Shrimad Bhagavat Maha Puranam
by (2012)

Publisher: Gita Press, Gorakhpur; 768 pages.

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Cover of edition (2011)

The Bhagavata Purana (5 Volumes)
by G. P. Bhatt (2011)

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.; 2241 pages. Edited By: Prof. J.L. Shastri

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Cover of edition (2013)

The Srimad Bhagavata Purana: Hindi Translation and Detailed Explanation
by Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (2013)

Publisher: The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust; 17691 pages; 18 volumes; Sanskrit Text, Word-to-Word Meaning, Hindi Translation and Detailed Explanation

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Cover of Bengali edition

Srimad Bhagavat Mahapurana in Bengali
by (2018)

Publisher: Gita Press, Gorakhpur; 2035 pages.

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Preview of verse 3.2.23 in Bengali sript:
অহো বকী যং স্তনকালকূটং ।
জিঘাংসযাপাযযদপ্যসাধ্বী ।
লেভে গতিং ধাত্র্যুচিতাং ততোঽন্যং ।
কং বা দযালুং শরণং ব্রজেম ॥ ২৩ ॥

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