Bhagavata Purana [sanskrit]

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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 8.16.24

आदिश त्वं द्विजश्रेष्ठ विधिं तदुपधावनम् ।
आशु तुष्यति मे देवः सीदन्त्याः सह पुत्रकैः ।
कश्यप उवाचएतन्मे भगवान् पृष्टः प्रजाकामस्य पद्मजः ।
यदाह ते प्रवक्ष्यामि व्रतं केशवतोषणम् ॥ २४ ॥

ādiśa tvaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha vidhiṃ tadupadhāvanam |
āśu tuṣyati me devaḥ sīdantyāḥ saha putrakaiḥ |
kaśyapa uvācaetanme bhagavān pṛṣṭaḥ prajākāmasya padmajaḥ |
yadāha te pravakṣyāmi vrataṃ keśavatoṣaṇam || 24 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.16.24 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 (8.16.24). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Adi, Adin, Sha, Tva, Yushmad, Dvijashreshtha, Vidhi, Tad, Tat, Upadhavana, Ashu, Tushyat, Asmad, Deva, Devri, Sidanti, Saha, Putraka, Kashyapa, Etad, Bhagavat, Prishta, Prajakama, Padmaja, Yada, Yad, Aha, Prava, Kshi, Amin, Vrata, Keshavat, Keshavata, Ushana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.16.24). 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: “ādiśa tvaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha vidhiṃ tadupadhāvanam
  • ādi -
  • ādi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ādi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ādi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ādin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ādin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • śa -
  • śa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tvam -
  • tva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • dvijaśreṣṭha -
  • dvijaśreṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vidhim -
  • vidhi (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    vidhi (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • upadhāvanam -
  • upadhāvana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “āśu tuṣyati me devaḥ sīdantyāḥ saha putrakaiḥ
  • āśu -
  • āśu (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    āśu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    āśu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    āśu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    āśu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • tuṣyati -
  • tuṣ -> tuṣyat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √tuṣ class 4 verb]
    tuṣ -> tuṣyat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √tuṣ class 4 verb]
    tuṣ (verb class 4)
    [present active third single]
  • me -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • devaḥ -
  • deva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    devṛ (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • sīdantyāḥ -
  • sad -> sīdantī (participle, feminine)
    [ablative single from √sad class 1 verb], [genitive single from √sad class 1 verb]
  • saha -
  • saha (indeclinable postposition)
    [indeclinable postposition]
    saha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sah (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • putrakaiḥ -
  • putraka (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Line 3: “kaśyapa uvācaetanme bhagavān pṛṣṭaḥ prajākāmasya padmajaḥ
  • kaśyapa* -
  • kaśyapa (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]
  • etan -
  • etad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    etad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • me -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • bhagavān -
  • bhagavat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • pṛṣṭaḥ -
  • pṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    pṛṣ -> pṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √pṛṣ class 1 verb]
    praś -> pṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √praś class 6 verb]
  • prajākāmasya -
  • prajākāma (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    prajākāma (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • padmajaḥ -
  • padmaja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 4: “yadāha te pravakṣyāmi vrataṃ keśavatoṣaṇam
  • yadā -
  • yadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yadā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • aha -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • prava -
  • prava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prava (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kṣyā -
  • kṣi (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • ami -
  • amin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    amin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • vratam -
  • vrata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vrata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • keśavato -
  • keśavat (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    keśavat (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    keśavatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • uṣaṇam -
  • uṣaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    uṣaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 8.16.24

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 8.16.24 in Bengali sript:
আদিশ ত্বং দ্বিজশ্রেষ্ঠ বিধিং তদুপধাবনম্ ।
আশু তুষ্যতি মে দেবঃ সীদন্ত্যাঃ সহ পুত্রকৈঃ ।
কশ্যপ উবাচএতন্মে ভগবান্ পৃষ্টঃ প্রজাকামস্য পদ্মজঃ ।
যদাহ তে প্রবক্ষ্যামি ব্রতং কেশবতোষণম্ ॥ ২৪ ॥

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