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 11.5

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वैशंपायन उवाच ।
हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि पितॄणां सर्गमुत्तमम् ।
मार्कण्डेयेन कथितं भीष्माय परिपृच्छते ॥ ५ ॥

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
hanta te kathayiṣyāmi pitṝṇāṃ sargamuttamam |
mārkaṇḍeyena kathitaṃ bhīṣmāya paripṛcchate || 5 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 11.5 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 (11.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vaishampayana, Hanta, Tad, Yushmad, Pitri, Sarga, Uttamam, Uttama, Markandeya, Kathita, Bhishma, Paripricchat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 11.5). 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: “hanta te kathayiṣyāmi pitṝṇāṃ sargamuttamam ”
hanta -
hanta (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

hanta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

hanta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
kathayiṣyāmi -
√kath (verb class 10)

[future active first single]
pitṝṇām -
pitṛ (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
sargam -
sarga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
uttamam -
uttamam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

uttama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

uttama (noun, neuter)

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

uttamā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 3: “mārkaṇḍeyena kathitaṃ bhīṣmāya paripṛcchate ”
mārkaṇḍeyena -
mārkaṇḍeya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

mārkaṇḍeya (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
kathitam -
kathita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kathita (noun, neuter)

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

kathitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√kath -> kathita (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √kath class 10 verb]

√kath -> kathita (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √kath class 10 verb], [accusative single from √kath class 10 verb]
bhīṣmāya -
bhīṣma (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

bhīṣma (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
paripṛcchate -
paripṛcchat (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

paripṛcchat (noun, feminine)

[dative single]

paripṛcchat (noun, neuter)

[dative single]