Harivamsa [text] [sanskrit]

76,857 words

The Sanskrit edition of the Harivamsa, 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 1.14

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सूत उवाच ।
सत्कृत्य परिपृष्टस्तु स महात्मा महातपाः ।
विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या च कथयामास तां कथाम् ॥ १४ ॥

sūta uvāca |
satkṛtya paripṛṣṭastu sa mahātmā mahātapāḥ |
vistareṇānupūrvyā ca kathayāmāsa tāṃ kathām || 14 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 1.14 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 (1.14). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Suta, Satkritya, Pari, Prishta, Mahatma, Mahatapa, Mahatapas, Vistarena, Vistara, Anupurvya, Anupurvi, Katha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 1.14). 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: “sūta uvāca ”
sūta* -
sūta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√su -> sūta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √su class 1 verb], [nominative single from √su class 2 verb]

√sū -> sūta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sū class 6 verb]

√sū -> sūta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sū class 2 verb]
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]
Line 2: “satkṛtya paripṛṣṭastu sa mahātmā mahātapāḥ ”
satkṛtya -
satkṛtya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

satkṛtya (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]
pari -
pari (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

pari (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pari (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

pari (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

pari (noun, neuter)

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

parī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

parī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

parī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
pṛṣṭas -
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]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mahātmā* -
mahātmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
mahātapāḥ -
mahātapa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

mahātapā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

mahātapas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 3: “vistareṇānupūrvyā ca kathayāmāsa tāṃ kathām ”
vistareṇā -
vistareṇa (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

vistara (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vistara (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
anupūrvyā -
anupūrvyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

anupūrvī (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]

anupūrvī (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kathayāmā -
√kath (verb class 10)

[imperative active first plural]
asa -
asan (noun, neuter)

[compound]
tām -
tā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
kathām -
kathā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]