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 9.44

अयोधस्य तु दायादः ककुत्स्थो नाम वीर्यवान् ।
इन्द्रस्य वृषभूतस्य ककुत्स्थोऽजयतासुरान् ।
पूर्वमाडीबके युद्धे ककुत्स्थस्तेन स स्मृतः ।
अनेनास्तु ककुत्स्थस्य पृथुरानेनसः स्मृतः ॥ ४४ ॥

ayodhasya tu dāyādaḥ kakutstho nāma vīryavān |
indrasya vṛṣabhūtasya kakutstho'jayatāsurān |
pūrvamāḍībake yuddhe kakutsthastena sa smṛtaḥ |
anenāstu kakutsthasya pṛthurānenasaḥ smṛtaḥ || 44 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 9.44 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 (9.44). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Aya, Dayada, Kakutstha, Naman, Viryavat, Indra, Vrisha, Vrishan, Bhuta, Asura, Purvam, Purva, Adibaka, Yuddha, Tad, Tena, Smrita, Anena, Anenas, Prithu, Ana, Sah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 9.44). 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: “ayodhasya tu dāyādaḥ kakutstho nāma vīryavān
  • ayo -
  • ayā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    aya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [instrumental single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • udhasya -
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • dāyādaḥ -
  • dāyāda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kakutstho* -
  • kakutstha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nāma -
  • nāman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • vīryavān -
  • vīryavat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “indrasya vṛṣabhūtasya kakutstho'jayatāsurān
  • indrasya -
  • indra (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • vṛṣa -
  • vṛṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vṛṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vṛṣan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    vṛṣan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • bhūtasya -
  • bhūta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    bhūta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • kakutstho' -
  • kakutstha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ajayatā -
  • ji (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active second plural], [imperfect middle third single]
  • asurān -
  • asura (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • Line 3: “pūrvamāḍībake yuddhe kakutsthastena sa smṛtaḥ
  • pūrvam -
  • pūrvam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pūrva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pūrva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • āḍībake -
  • āḍībaka (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    āḍībaka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    āḍībakā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • yuddhe -
  • yuddha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    yuddha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    yuddhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    yudh -> yuddha (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [locative single from √yudh class 4 verb]
    yudh -> yuddha (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [locative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √yudh class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √yudh class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √yudh class 4 verb], [locative single from √yudh class 4 verb]
    yudh -> yuddhā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √yudh class 4 verb], [vocative single from √yudh class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √yudh class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √yudh class 4 verb]
  • kakutsthas -
  • kakutstha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tena -
  • tena (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    tan (verb class 8)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • smṛtaḥ -
  • smṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
  • Line 4: “anenāstu kakutsthasya pṛthurānenasaḥ smṛtaḥ
  • anenās -
  • anena (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    anenā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    anenas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • kakutsthasya -
  • kakutstha (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • pṛthur -
  • pṛthu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ānena -
  • āna (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • saḥ -
  • saḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • smṛtaḥ -
  • smṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Harivamsa Verse 9.44

Cover of edition (2012)

Harivamsa Purana
by Ras Bihari Lal and Sons (2012)

Set of 10 Volumes; Transliterated Text with English Translation; [5425 pages]

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Cover of edition (2021)

Shri Harivamsa Purana in Marathi
by Jitendra Nath Thakur (2021)

श्रीहरिवंशपुराण [Dharmik Prakashan Sanstha, Mumbai]

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Cover of edition (2012)

Shri Harivamsha Purana (Telugu)
by Gollapudi Veeraswamy Son (2012)

శ్రీ వారివంశవ్రరాణం [Gollapudi Veeraswamy Son]

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Preview of verse 9.44 in Telugu sript:
అయోధస్య తు దాయాదః కకుత్స్థో నామ వీర్యవాన్ ।
ఇన్ద్రస్య వృషభూతస్య కకుత్స్థోఽజయతాసురాన్ ।
పూర్వమాడీబకే యుద్ధే కకుత్స్థస్తేన స స్మృతః ।
అనేనాస్తు కకుత్స్థస్య పృథురానేనసః స్మృతః ॥ ౪౪ ॥

Cover of Gujarati edition

Harivamsa Purana in Gujarati
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2017)

હરિવંશપુરાણ

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Preview of verse 9.44 in Gujarati sript:
અયોધસ્ય તુ દાયાદઃ કકુત્સ્થો નામ વીર્યવાન્ ।
ઇન્દ્રસ્ય વૃષભૂતસ્ય કકુત્સ્થોઽજયતાસુરાન્ ।
પૂર્વમાડીબકે યુદ્ધે કકુત્સ્થસ્તેન સ સ્મૃતઃ ।
અનેનાસ્તુ કકુત્સ્થસ્ય પૃથુરાનેનસઃ સ્મૃતઃ ॥ ૪૪ ॥

Cover of edition (2021)

Harivansha Mahapurana (Kannada)
by Saraswati Prakashan, Belgaum (2021)

1568 pages

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Preview of verse 9.44 in Kannada sript:
ಅಯೋಧಸ್ಯ ತು ದಾಯಾದಃ ಕಕುತ್ಸ್ಥೋ ನಾಮ ವೀರ್ಯವಾನ್ ।
ಇನ್ದ್ರಸ್ಯ ವೃಷಭೂತಸ್ಯ ಕಕುತ್ಸ್ಥೋಽಜಯತಾಸುರಾನ್ ।
ಪೂರ್ವಮಾಡೀಬಕೇ ಯುದ್ಧೇ ಕಕುತ್ಸ್ಥಸ್ತೇನ ಸ ಸ್ಮೃತಃ ।
ಅನೇನಾಸ್ತು ಕಕುತ್ಸ್ಥಸ್ಯ ಪೃಥುರಾನೇನಸಃ ಸ್ಮೃತಃ ॥ ೪೪ ॥

Cover of edition (2013)

Shri Harivamsa Purana (Narayani Language)
by Ramtej Pandey (2013)

With Commentary (Set Of 3 Volumes); Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation; [Chaukhamba Sanskrit Pratishthan]

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