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 31.2650

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हंस उवाच को नाम भीष्मो मन्दात्मा वृद्धो हीनबलः सदा ॥ २६५० ॥

haṃsa uvāca ko nāma bhīṣmo mandātmā vṛddho hīnabalaḥ sadā || 2650 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 31.2650 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 (31.2650). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Hamsa, Kah, Naman, Bhishma, Mandatman, Vriddha, Hinabala, Sada, Sad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 31.2650). 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: “haṃsa uvāca ko nāma bhīṣmo mandātmā vṛddho hīnabalaḥ sadā ”
haṃsa* -
haṃsa (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]
ko* -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
nāma -
nāman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
bhīṣmo* -
bhīṣma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mandātmā -
mandātman (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vṛddho* -
vṛddha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√vṛdh -> vṛddha (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √vṛdh class 1 verb]
hīnabalaḥ -
hīnabala (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sadā -
sadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sad (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

sad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

sadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]