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 20.18

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हिरण्यवर्णा या देव्यो धारयन्त्यात्मना जगत् ।
निधिस्तासामभूद्देवः प्रख्यातः स्वेन कर्मणा ॥ १८ ॥

hiraṇyavarṇā yā devyo dhārayantyātmanā jagat |
nidhistāsāmabhūddevaḥ prakhyātaḥ svena karmaṇā || 18 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 20.18 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 (20.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Hiranyavarna, Devi, Devya, Dharayanti, Dharayat, Atman, Jagat, Nidhi, Deva, Devri, Prakhyata, Sva, Karman,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 20.18). 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: “hiraṇyavarṇā yā devyo dhārayantyātmanā jagat ”
hiraṇyavarṇā* -
hiraṇyavarṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

hiraṇyavarṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
yā* -
yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
devyo* -
devī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

√dīv -> devya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √dīv]
dhārayantyā -
dhārayantī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single]

√dhṛ -> dhārayantī (participle, feminine)

[compound from √dhṛ], [adverb from √dhṛ]

dhārayat (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [nominative plural], [vocative dual], [vocative plural], [accusative dual], [accusative plural]

√dhṛ -> dhārayat (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √dhṛ], [nominative plural from √dhṛ], [vocative dual from √dhṛ], [vocative plural from √dhṛ], [accusative dual from √dhṛ], [accusative plural from √dhṛ]

√dhṛ -> dhārayantī (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √dhṛ], [vocative single from √dhṛ], [instrumental single from √dhṛ]

√dhṛ (verb class 0)

[present active third plural]
ātmanā -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
jagat -
jagat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

jagat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “nidhistāsāmabhūddevaḥ prakhyātaḥ svena karmaṇā ”
nidhis -
nidhi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tāsām -
sā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
abhūd -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[aorist active third single]
devaḥ -
deva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

devṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
prakhyātaḥ -
prakhyāta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
svena -
sva (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

sva (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
karmaṇā -
karman (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]