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 5.1

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वैशंपायन उवाच ।
आसीद्धर्मस्य संगोप्ता पूर्वमत्रिसमः प्रभुः ।
अत्रिवंशसमुत्पन्नस्त्वङ्गो नाम प्रजापतिः ॥ १ ॥

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
āsīddharmasya saṃgoptā pūrvamatrisamaḥ prabhuḥ |
atrivaṃśasamutpannastvaṅgo nāma prajāpatiḥ || 1 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 5.1 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 (5.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vaishampayana, Harman, Sya, Sanga, Upta, Purvam, Purva, Atri, Sama, Prabhu, Vamsha, Samutpanna, Naman, Prajapati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 5.1). 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: “vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca ”
vaiśampāyana* -
vaiśampāyana (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: “āsīddharmasya saṃgoptā pūrvamatrisamaḥ prabhuḥ ”
āsīddh -
√ās (verb class 2)

[aorist active third single], [injunctive active third single]

√as (verb class 2)

[imperfect active third single]
harma -
harman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
sya -
sya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√sā (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
saṅgo -
saṅga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
uptā -
uptā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vap -> uptā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √vap class 1 verb]

√vap -> uptā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √vap class 1 verb]
pūrvam -
pūrvam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pūrva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pūrva (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
atri -
atri (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

atrin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

atrī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

atrī (noun, feminine)

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

atrī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
samaḥ -
sama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
prabhuḥ -
prabhu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

prabhu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 3: “atrivaṃśasamutpannastvaṅgo nāma prajāpatiḥ ”
atri -
atri (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

atrin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

atrī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

atrī (noun, feminine)

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

atrī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
vaṃśa -
vaṃśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
samutpannas -
samutpanna (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
prajāpatiḥ -
prajāpati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]