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 2.50

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जनमेजय उवाच ।
देवानां दानवानां च गन्धर्वोरगरक्षसाम् ।
संभवः कथितः पूर्वं दक्षस्य च महात्मनः ॥ ५० ॥

janamejaya uvāca |
devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca gandharvoragarakṣasām |
saṃbhavaḥ kathitaḥ pūrvaṃ dakṣasya ca mahātmanaḥ || 50 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 2.50 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 (2.50). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Janamejaya, Deva, Danava, Gandharva, Uraga, Rakshas, Rakshasa, Sambhava, Sambhu, Kathita, Purvam, Purva, Daksha, Mahatman,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 2.50). 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: “janamejaya uvāca ”
janamejaya* -
janamejaya (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]
Line 2: “devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca gandharvoragarakṣasām ”
devānām -
deva (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

deva (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

devā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
dānavānām -
dānava (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

dānava (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
gandharvo -
gandharva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

gandharvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
uraga -
uraga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
rakṣasām -
rakṣas (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

rakṣas (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

rakṣasā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
Line 3: “saṃbhavaḥ kathitaḥ pūrvaṃ dakṣasya ca mahātmanaḥ ”
sambhavaḥ -
sambhava (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sambhu (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

sambhu (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
kathitaḥ -
kathita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√kath -> kathita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kath class 10 verb]
pūrvam -
pūrvam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pūrva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pūrva (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
dakṣasya -
dakṣa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

dakṣa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mahātmanaḥ -
mahātman (noun, masculine)

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

mahātman (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]