Bhavishya Purana [sanskrit]

245,265 words

This Sanskrit edition of the Bhavishya Purana. It is one of the traditional eighteen Mahapuranas presented as an encyclopedia of ancient Indian history and knowledge. The Bhavishyapurana contains 4 books and over 26,000 Sanskrit verses. It is famous for detailing the history and legends of ancient times as well as future times, narrating the genealogy of the kings and sages. The last part is considered an independent work known as the Bhavishyottara-Purana.

Verse 1.42.5

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ज्ञात्वा भवपरिवर्ते जातीनां कोटिशतसहस्रेषु ।
हीनोत्तममध्यत्वं को जातिमदं बुधः कुर्यात् ॥ ५ ॥

jñātvā bhavaparivarte jātīnāṃ koṭiśatasahasreṣu |
hīnottamamadhyatvaṃ ko jātimadaṃ budhaḥ kuryāt || 5 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 1.42.5 is contained in the book Bhavishya Purana: Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation by S. N. Khandelwal. This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:
Buy now! Sanskrit text by S. N. Khandelwal (2022)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (1.42.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhava, Parivarta, Jati, Kotisha, Sahasra, Hina, Uttama, Madhyatva, Kah, Jatimat, Budha, Budh,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.42.5). 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: “jñātvā bhavaparivarte jātīnāṃ koṭiśatasahasreṣu ”
jñātvā -
√jñā -> jñātvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √jñā]

√jñā -> jñātvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √jñā]
bhava -
bhava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhava (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
parivarte -
parivarta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

parivartā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
jātīnām -
jāti (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]

jātī (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
koṭiśa -
koṭiśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ta -
ta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tan (noun, masculine)

[compound]
sahasreṣu -
sahasra (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

sahasra (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
Line 2: “hīnottamamadhyatvaṃ ko jātimadaṃ budhaḥ kuryāt ”
hīno -
hīna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

hīna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

hīnā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√hā -> hīna (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √hā class 1 verb], [vocative single from √hā class 3 verb]

√hā -> hīna (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √hā class 1 verb], [vocative single from √hā class 3 verb]

√hā -> hīnā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √hā class 1 verb], [nominative single from √hā class 3 verb]
uttama -
uttama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

uttama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
madhyatvam -
madhyatva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ko* -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
jātimad -
jātimat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

jātimat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
am -
a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
budhaḥ -
budha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

budh (noun, masculine)

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

budh (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
kuryāt -
√kṛ (verb class 8)

[optative active third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.42.5

Complete Bhavisya Mahapurana (English translation)
by Shantilal Nagar (2023)

Publisher: Parimal Publication Pvt. Ltd.; Pages: 2496; ISBN-10: 817110729X; ISBN-13: 9788171107292

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Last Updated: 03 February, 2024