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 18.8

विभ्राजस्त्वणुहं राज्ये स्थापयित्वा नरेश्वरः ।
आमन्त्र्य पौरान्प्रीतात्मा ब्राह्मणान् स्वस्ति वाच्य च ।
प्रायात्सरस्तपश्चर्तुं यत्र ते सहचारिणः ॥ ८ ॥

vibhrājastvaṇuhaṃ rājye sthāpayitvā nareśvaraḥ |
āmantrya paurānprītātmā brāhmaṇān svasti vācya ca |
prāyātsarastapaścartuṃ yatra te sahacāriṇaḥ || 8 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 18.8 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 (18.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vibhraj, Vibhraja, Tva, Anuha, Rajya, Sthapayitva, Nareshvara, Amantrya, Paura, Pritatman, Brahmana, Svasti, Vacya, Praya, Sara, Saras, Tap, Tapa, Tapas, Yatra, Tad, Yushmad, Sahacarin, Sahacari,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 18.8). 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: “vibhrājastvaṇuhaṃ rājye sthāpayitvā nareśvaraḥ
  • vibhrājas -
  • vibhrāj (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    vibhrāj (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    vibhrāja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tva -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    tva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • aṇuham -
  • aṇuha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • rājye -
  • rājya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    rājya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    rājyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    rāj -> rājya (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [locative single from √rāj]
    rāj -> rājya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √rāj class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √rāj class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √rāj class 1 verb], [locative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √rāj], [vocative dual from √rāj], [accusative dual from √rāj], [locative single from √rāj]
    rāj -> rājyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √rāj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √rāj class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √rāj class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √rāj], [vocative single from √rāj], [vocative dual from √rāj], [accusative dual from √rāj]
    rāj (verb class 1)
    [present passive first single]
    rāj (verb class 0)
    [present passive first single]
  • sthāpayitvā -
  • sthāpayitvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sthā -> sthāpayitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √sthā]
  • nareśvaraḥ -
  • nareśvara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “āmantrya paurānprītātmā brāhmaṇān svasti vācya ca
  • āmantrya -
  • āmantrya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āmantrya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • paurān -
  • paura (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • prītātmā -
  • prītātman (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • brāhmaṇān -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • svasti -
  • svasti (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    svasti (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    svasti (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    svastī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    svastī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    svastī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • vācya -
  • vācya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vācya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vac -> vācya (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √vac]
    vac -> vācya (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √vac]
    vac -> vācya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √vac]
    vac -> vācya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √vac]
    vac -> vācya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √vac]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 3: “prāyātsarastapaścartuṃ yatra te sahacāriṇaḥ
  • prāyāt -
  • prāya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    prā (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • saras -
  • saras (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    sara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tapaś -
  • tapas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    tap (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    tap (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    tapa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • cartum -
  • car -> cartum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √car]
  • yatra -
  • yatra (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yatra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yatra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • 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]
  • sahacāriṇaḥ -
  • sahacārin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    sahacārin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    sahacārī (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Harivamsa Verse 18.8

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 18.8 in Telugu sript:
విభ్రాజస్త్వణుహం రాజ్యే స్థాపయిత్వా నరేశ్వరః ।
ఆమన్త్ర్య పౌరాన్ప్రీతాత్మా బ్రాహ్మణాన్ స్వస్తి వాచ్య చ ।
ప్రాయాత్సరస్తపశ్చర్తుం యత్ర తే సహచారిణః ॥ ౮ ॥

Cover of Gujarati edition

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

હરિવંશપુરાણ

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Preview of verse 18.8 in Gujarati sript:
વિભ્રાજસ્ત્વણુહં રાજ્યે સ્થાપયિત્વા નરેશ્વરઃ ।
આમન્ત્ર્ય પૌરાન્પ્રીતાત્મા બ્રાહ્મણાન્ સ્વસ્તિ વાચ્ય ચ ।
પ્રાયાત્સરસ્તપશ્ચર્તું યત્ર તે સહચારિણઃ ॥ ૮ ॥

Cover of edition (2021)

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

1568 pages

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Preview of verse 18.8 in Kannada sript:
ವಿಭ್ರಾಜಸ್ತ್ವಣುಹಂ ರಾಜ್ಯೇ ಸ್ಥಾಪಯಿತ್ವಾ ನರೇಶ್ವರಃ ।
ಆಮನ್ತ್ರ್ಯ ಪೌರಾನ್ಪ್ರೀತಾತ್ಮಾ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣಾನ್ ಸ್ವಸ್ತಿ ವಾಚ್ಯ ಚ ।
ಪ್ರಾಯಾತ್ಸರಸ್ತಪಶ್ಚರ್ತುಂ ಯತ್ರ ತೇ ಸಹಚಾರಿಣಃ ॥ ೮ ॥

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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