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 16.28 [commentary, 300:9]

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यदा तु पितृकार्यार्थः कृतः स्वार्थे व्यवस्थितैः ॥ २८ ॥

yadā tu pitṛkāryārthaḥ kṛtaḥ svārthe vyavasthitaiḥ || 28 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 16.28 [commentary, 300:9] 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 (16.28 [commentary, 300:9]). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yada, Yad, Pitrikarya, Artha, Krit, Krita, Svartha, Vyavasthita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 16.28 [commentary, 300:9]). 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: “yadā tu pitṛkāryārthaḥ kṛtaḥ svārthe vyavasthitaiḥ ”
yadā -
yadā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yadā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
pitṛkāryā -
pitṛkārya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
arthaḥ -
artha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kṛtaḥ -
kṛt (noun, masculine)

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

kṛt (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

kṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[present active third dual]
svārthe -
svārtha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

svārtha (noun, neuter)

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

svārthā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
vyavasthitaiḥ -
vyavasthita (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

vyavasthita (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]