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 6.1

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पृथुरुवाच ।
एकस्यार्थाय यो हन्यादात्मनो वा परस्य वा ।
बहून्वै प्राणिनो लोके भवेत्तस्येह पातकम् ॥ १ ॥

pṛthuruvāca |
ekasyārthāya yo hanyādātmano vā parasya vā |
bahūnvai prāṇino loke bhavettasyeha pātakam || 1 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 6.1 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 (6.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Prithu, Eka, Artha, Yah, Atman, Para, Bahu, Pranin, Pranina, Loka, Tad, Iha, Pataka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 6.1). 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: “pṛthuruvāca ”
pṛthur -
pṛthu (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: “ekasyārthāya yo hanyādātmano vā parasya vā ”
ekasyā -
eka (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

eka (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
arthāya -
artha (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
yo* -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
hanyād -
√han (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
ātmano* -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
parasya -
para (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

para (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
Line 3: “bahūnvai prāṇino loke bhavettasyeha pātakam ”
bahūn -
bahu (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
vai -
√vā (verb class 1)

[present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
prāṇino* -
prāṇin (noun, masculine)

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

prāṇin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

prāṇina (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
loke -
loka (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

√lok (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
bhavet -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
tasye -
√tas -> tasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tas]

ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

√tas (verb class 4)

[present middle first single], [present passive first single], [imperative active second single]
iha -
iha (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
pātakam -
pātaka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pātaka (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

pātakā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]