Harivamsa [appendix] [sanskrit]

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The Sanskrit edition of the Harivamsa [appendix version], 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 31.2542

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गार्हस्थ्यं हि सदा श्रेयो वदन्ताविति केशव ॥ २५४२ ॥

gārhasthyaṃ hi sadā śreyo vadantāviti keśava || 2542 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 31.2542 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 (31.2542). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Garhasthya, Sada, Sad, Shreyah, Shreyas, Shreya, Vadat, Iti, Keshava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 31.2542). 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: “gārhasthyaṃ hi sadā śreyo vadantāviti keśava ”
gārhasthyam -
gārhasthya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

gārhasthya (noun, neuter)

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

gārhasthyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
sadā -
sadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sad (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

sad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

sadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
śreyo* -
śreyaḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

śreyas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

śreyas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

√śrā -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śrā class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śrā class 2 verb], [nominative single from √śrā class 4 verb]

√śrai -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śrai class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śrai class 2 verb], [nominative single from √śrai class 4 verb]

√śri -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śri class 1 verb]

√śrī -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śrī class 9 verb]
vadantāvi -
√vad -> vadat (participle, masculine)

[nominative dual from √vad class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √vad class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √vad class 1 verb]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
keśava -
keśava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

keśava (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]