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 18.1

ते योगधर्मनिरताः सप्त मानसचारिणः ।
पद्मगर्भोऽरविन्दाक्षः क्षीरगर्भः सुलोचनः ।
ऊरुबिन्दुः सुबिन्दुश्च हैमगर्भस्तु सप्तमः ।
हंसा जाता महात्मानो मानसेषु सरःसु च ॥ सुमनाः सुवाक्सुशुद्धश्च तत्त्वदर्षी च तत्त्ववित् ।
सुनेत्रश्च सुहोत्रश्च द्विजा नामभिरेव च ॥ ते ब्रह्मचारिणः सर्वे विहगाः कामचारिणः ।
वाय्वम्बुभक्षाः सततं शरीराण्युपशोषयन् ॥ १ ॥

te yogadharmaniratāḥ sapta mānasacāriṇaḥ |
padmagarbho'ravindākṣaḥ kṣīragarbhaḥ sulocanaḥ |
ūrubinduḥ subinduśca haimagarbhastu saptamaḥ |
haṃsā jātā mahātmāno mānaseṣu saraḥsu ca || sumanāḥ suvāksuśuddhaśca tattvadarṣī ca tattvavit |
sunetraśca suhotraśca dvijā nāmabhireva ca || te brahmacāriṇaḥ sarve vihagāḥ kāmacāriṇaḥ |
vāyvambubhakṣāḥ satataṃ śarīrāṇyupaśoṣayan || 1 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 18.1 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 (18.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Yushmad, Yogadharma, Nirata, Sapta, Saptan, Manasacarin, Padmagarbha, Aravinda, Aksha, Kshiragarbha, Sulocana, Bindu, Haima, Garbha, Saptama, Hamsa, Jata, Mahatman, Manasa, Saras, Sumana, Sumanas, Suvac, Sushuddha, Tattva, Tattvavid, Tattvavit, Sunetra, Suhotra, Dvija, Naman, Eva, Brahmacarin, Brahmacari, Sarva, Vihaga, Kamacarin, Vayu, Ambu, Bhaksha, Satatam, Satata, Sharira, Upashosha, Yat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 18.1). 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: “te yogadharmaniratāḥ sapta mānasacāriṇaḥ
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • yogadharma -
  • yogadharma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yogadharma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • niratāḥ -
  • nirata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    niratā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • sapta -
  • sapta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sapta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saptan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    saptan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sap -> sapta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √sap class 1 verb]
    sap -> sapta (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √sap class 1 verb]
  • mānasacāriṇaḥ -
  • mānasacārin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “padmagarbho'ravindākṣaḥ kṣīragarbhaḥ sulocanaḥ
  • padmagarbho' -
  • padmagarbha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • aravindā -
  • aravinda (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    aravinda (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • akṣaḥ -
  • akṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kṣar (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active second single], [imperfect active third single]
  • kṣīragarbhaḥ -
  • kṣīragarbha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sulocanaḥ -
  • sulocana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 3: “ūrubinduḥ subinduśca haimagarbhastu saptamaḥ
  • ūru -
  • ūru (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • binduḥ -
  • bindu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • su -
  • (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    so (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • binduś -
  • bindu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • haima -
  • haima (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    haima (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [optative active first plural]
  • garbhas -
  • garbha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • saptamaḥ -
  • saptama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 4: “haṃsā jātā mahātmāno mānaseṣu saraḥsu ca |
  • haṃsā* -
  • haṃsa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    haṃsā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • jātā* -
  • jāta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    jātā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    jan -> jāta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √jan class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √jan class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √jan class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √jan class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 4 verb]
    jan -> jātā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √jan class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √jan class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √jan class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √jan class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √jan class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √jan class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √jan class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √jan class 4 verb]
  • mahātmāno* -
  • mahātman (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • mānaseṣu -
  • mānasa (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    mānasa (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • saraḥsu -
  • saras (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 5: “sumanāḥ suvāksuśuddhaśca tattvadarṣī ca tattvavit
  • sumanāḥ -
  • sumana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sumanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    sumanas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • suvāk -
  • suvāc (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    suvāc (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • suśuddhaś -
  • suśuddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tattva -
  • tattva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • darṣī -
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tattvavit -
  • tattvavid (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    tattvavid (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    tattvavit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    tattvavit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    tattvavit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 6: “sunetraśca suhotraśca dvijā nāmabhireva ca |
  • sunetraś -
  • sunetra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • suhotraś -
  • suhotra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dvijā* -
  • dvija (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    dvijā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • nāmabhir -
  • nāman (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • 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]
  • Line 7: “te brahmacāriṇaḥ sarve vihagāḥ kāmacāriṇaḥ
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • brahmacāriṇaḥ -
  • brahmacārin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    brahmacārin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    brahmacārī (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • sarve -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • vihagāḥ -
  • vihaga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • kāmacāriṇaḥ -
  • kāmacārin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    kāmacārin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 8: “vāyvambubhakṣāḥ satataṃ śarīrāṇyupaśoṣayan
  • vāyva -
  • vāyu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vāyu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vāyu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ambu -
  • ambu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ambu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ambu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • bhakṣāḥ -
  • bhakṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    bhakṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • satatam -
  • satatam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    satata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    satata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    satatā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • śarīrāṇyu -
  • śarīra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • upaśoṣa -
  • upaśoṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    upaśoṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yan -
  • yat (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    i -> yat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Harivamsa Verse 18.1

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Harivamsa Purana
by Ras Bihari Lal and Sons (2012)

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

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

श्रीहरिवंशपुराण [Dharmik Prakashan Sanstha, Mumbai]

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

శ్రీ వారివంశవ్రరాణం [Gollapudi Veeraswamy Son]

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Preview of verse 18.1 in Telugu sript:
తే యోగధర్మనిరతాః సప్త మానసచారిణః ।
పద్మగర్భోఽరవిన్దాక్షః క్షీరగర్భః సులోచనః ।
ఊరుబిన్దుః సుబిన్దుశ్చ హైమగర్భస్తు సప్తమః ।
హంసా జాతా మహాత్మానో మానసేషు సరఃసు చ ॥
సుమనాః సువాక్సుశుద్ధశ్చ తత్త్వదర్షీ చ తత్త్వవిత్ ।
సునేత్రశ్చ సుహోత్రశ్చ ద్విజా నామభిరేవ చ ॥
తే బ్రహ్మచారిణః సర్వే విహగాః కామచారిణః ।
వాయ్వమ్బుభక్షాః సతతం శరీరాణ్యుపశోషయన్ ॥ ౧ ॥

Cover of Gujarati edition

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

હરિવંશપુરાણ

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Preview of verse 18.1 in Gujarati sript:
તે યોગધર્મનિરતાઃ સપ્ત માનસચારિણઃ ।
પદ્મગર્ભોઽરવિન્દાક્ષઃ ક્ષીરગર્ભઃ સુલોચનઃ ।
ઊરુબિન્દુઃ સુબિન્દુશ્ચ હૈમગર્ભસ્તુ સપ્તમઃ ।
હંસા જાતા મહાત્માનો માનસેષુ સરઃસુ ચ ॥
સુમનાઃ સુવાક્સુશુદ્ધશ્ચ તત્ત્વદર્ષી ચ તત્ત્વવિત્ ।
સુનેત્રશ્ચ સુહોત્રશ્ચ દ્વિજા નામભિરેવ ચ ॥
તે બ્રહ્મચારિણઃ સર્વે વિહગાઃ કામચારિણઃ ।
વાય્વમ્બુભક્ષાઃ સતતં શરીરાણ્યુપશોષયન્ ॥ ૧ ॥

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

1568 pages

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Preview of verse 18.1 in Kannada sript:
ತೇ ಯೋಗಧರ್ಮನಿರತಾಃ ಸಪ್ತ ಮಾನಸಚಾರಿಣಃ ।
ಪದ್ಮಗರ್ಭೋಽರವಿನ್ದಾಕ್ಷಃ ಕ್ಷೀರಗರ್ಭಃ ಸುಲೋಚನಃ ।
ಊರುಬಿನ್ದುಃ ಸುಬಿನ್ದುಶ್ಚ ಹೈಮಗರ್ಭಸ್ತು ಸಪ್ತಮಃ ।
ಹಂಸಾ ಜಾತಾ ಮಹಾತ್ಮಾನೋ ಮಾನಸೇಷು ಸರಃಸು ಚ ॥
ಸುಮನಾಃ ಸುವಾಕ್ಸುಶುದ್ಧಶ್ಚ ತತ್ತ್ವದರ್ಷೀ ಚ ತತ್ತ್ವವಿತ್ ।
ಸುನೇತ್ರಶ್ಚ ಸುಹೋತ್ರಶ್ಚ ದ್ವಿಜಾ ನಾಮಭಿರೇವ ಚ ॥
ತೇ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಚಾರಿಣಃ ಸರ್ವೇ ವಿಹಗಾಃ ಕಾಮಚಾರಿಣಃ ।
ವಾಯ್ವಮ್ಬುಭಕ್ಷಾಃ ಸತತಂ ಶರೀರಾಣ್ಯುಪಶೋಷಯನ್ ॥ ೧ ॥

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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