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 9.1

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वैशंपायन उवाच ।
मनोर्वैवस्वतस्यासन्पुत्रा वै नव तत्समाः ।
इक्ष्वाकुश्चैव नाभागश्च धृष्णुः शर्यातिरेव च ॥ १ ॥

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
manorvaivasvatasyāsanputrā vai nava tatsamāḥ |
ikṣvākuścaiva nābhāgaśca dhṛṣṇuḥ śaryātireva ca || 1 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 9.1 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 (9.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vaishampayana, Manu, Vaivasvata, Asat, Putra, Nava, Navan, Tatsama, Ikshvaku, Nabhaga, Dhrishnu, Sharyati, Eva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 9.1). 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: “manorvaivasvatasyāsanputrā vai nava tatsamāḥ ”
manor -
manu (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

manu (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
vaivasvatasyā -
vaivasvata (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

vaivasvata (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
asan -
asat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]
putrā* -
putra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

putrā (noun, feminine)

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

[present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
nava -
nava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

nava (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

navan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

navan (noun, neuter)

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

√nu (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
tatsamāḥ -
tatsama (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

tatsamā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 3: “ikṣvākuścaiva nābhāgaśca dhṛṣṇuḥ śaryātireva ca ”
ikṣvākuś -
ikṣvāku (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ikṣvāku (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
nābhāgaś -
nābhāga (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dhṛṣṇuḥ -
dhṛṣṇu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

dhṛṣṇu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
śaryātir -
śaryāti (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]