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 45.16

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वाचकाय प्रदद्याद्वै आत्मनः श्रेयकाङ्क्षया ॥ १६ ॥

vācakāya pradadyādvai ātmanaḥ śreyakāṅkṣayā || 16 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 45.16 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 (45.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vacaka, Prada, Atman, Shreya, Kanksha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 45.16). 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: “vācakāya pradadyādvai ātmanaḥ śreyakāṅkṣayā ”
vācakāya -
vācaka (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
prada -
prada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dyā -
dī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

dā (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

√dā (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
ādvai -
ātmanaḥ -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
śreya -
√śrā -> śreya (participle, masculine)

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

√śrā -> śreya (participle, neuter)

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

√śrai -> śreya (participle, masculine)

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

√śrai -> śreya (participle, neuter)

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

√śri -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √śri class 1 verb]

√śri -> śreya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √śri class 1 verb]

√śrī -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √śrī class 9 verb]

√śrī -> śreya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √śrī class 9 verb]

√śrā (verb class 2)

[optative middle first single]
kāṅkṣayā -
kāṅkṣā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]