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 22.2

ककुत्स्थकन्यां गां नाम न लेभे स यतिस्तदा ।
राज्यं नैच्छद् यतिः पित्रा दत्तं तत्परिणामवित् ।
यत्र प्रविष्टः पुरुष आत्मानं नावबुध्यते ।
तेनासौ मोक्षमास्थाय ब्रह्मभूतोऽभवन्मुनिः ॥ २ ॥

kakutsthakanyāṃ gāṃ nāma na lebhe sa yatistadā |
rājyaṃ naicchad yatiḥ pitrā dattaṃ tatpariṇāmavit |
yatra praviṣṭaḥ puruṣa ātmānaṃ nāvabudhyate |
tenāsau mokṣamāsthāya brahmabhūto'bhavanmuniḥ || 2 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 22.2 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 (22.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kakutstha, Kani, Kanya, Naman, Yati, Tada, Rajya, Nri, Pitri, Datta, Tat, Tad, Parinama, Vid, Vidh, Yatra, Pravishta, Purusha, Atman, Nava, Tena, Asi, Asu, Adah, Moksha, Asthaya, Brahmabhuta, Muni,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 22.2). 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: “kakutsthakanyāṃ gāṃ nāma na lebhe sa yatistadā
  • kakutstha -
  • kakutstha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kanyām -
  • kanī (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    kanyā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • gām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    go (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [injunctive active first single]
    (verb class 3)
    [injunctive active first single]
  • nāma -
  • nāman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • lebhe -
  • labh (verb class 1)
    [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • yatis -
  • yati (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yati (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • tadā -
  • tadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tadā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “rājyaṃ naicchad yatiḥ pitrā dattaṃ tatpariṇāmavit
  • rājyam -
  • rājya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    rājya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    rājyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    rāj -> rājya (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √rāj]
    rāj -> rājya (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √rāj]
    rāj -> rājyā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √rāj]
    rāj -> rājya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [accusative single from √rāj]
    rāj -> rājya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [accusative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [nominative single from √rāj], [accusative single from √rāj]
  • nai -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • aicchad -
  • iṣ (verb class 6)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • yatiḥ -
  • yati (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yati (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • pitrā -
  • pitṛ (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • dattam -
  • datta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    datta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dattā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    (verb class 3)
    [imperative active second dual]
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • pariṇāma -
  • pariṇāma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vit -
  • vid (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vid (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vidh (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vidh (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 3: “yatra praviṣṭaḥ puruṣa ātmānaṃ nāvabudhyate
  • yatra -
  • yatra (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yatra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yatra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • praviṣṭaḥ -
  • praviṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • puruṣa*ā -
  • puruṣa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    puruṣa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    puruṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • āt -
  • āt (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ātmānam -
  • ātman (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • nāva -
  • nāva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • budhyate -
  • budh (verb class 1)
    [present passive third single]
    budh (verb class 4)
    [present middle third single], [present passive third single]
  • Line 4: “tenāsau mokṣamāsthāya brahmabhūto'bhavanmuniḥ
  • tenā -
  • tena (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    tan (verb class 8)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • asau -
  • asi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    asi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    asu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    adaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    adaḥ (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • mokṣam -
  • mokṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    mokṣā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • āsthāya -
  • āsthāya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • brahmabhūto' -
  • brahmabhūta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • abhavan -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active third single], [imperfect active third plural]
  • muniḥ -
  • muni (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Harivamsa Verse 22.2

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 22.2 in Telugu sript:
కకుత్స్థకన్యాం గాం నామ న లేభే స యతిస్తదా ।
రాజ్యం నైచ్ఛద్ యతిః పిత్రా దత్తం తత్పరిణామవిత్ ।
యత్ర ప్రవిష్టః పురుష ఆత్మానం నావబుధ్యతే ।
తేనాసౌ మోక్షమాస్థాయ బ్రహ్మభూతోఽభవన్మునిః ॥ ౨ ॥

Cover of Gujarati edition

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

હરિવંશપુરાણ

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Preview of verse 22.2 in Gujarati sript:
કકુત્સ્થકન્યાં ગાં નામ ન લેભે સ યતિસ્તદા ।
રાજ્યં નૈચ્છદ્ યતિઃ પિત્રા દત્તં તત્પરિણામવિત્ ।
યત્ર પ્રવિષ્ટઃ પુરુષ આત્માનં નાવબુધ્યતે ।
તેનાસૌ મોક્ષમાસ્થાય બ્રહ્મભૂતોઽભવન્મુનિઃ ॥ ૨ ॥

Cover of edition (2021)

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

1568 pages

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Preview of verse 22.2 in Kannada sript:
ಕಕುತ್ಸ್ಥಕನ್ಯಾಂ ಗಾಂ ನಾಮ ನ ಲೇಭೇ ಸ ಯತಿಸ್ತದಾ ।
ರಾಜ್ಯಂ ನೈಚ್ಛದ್ ಯತಿಃ ಪಿತ್ರಾ ದತ್ತಂ ತತ್ಪರಿಣಾಮವಿತ್ ।
ಯತ್ರ ಪ್ರವಿಷ್ಟಃ ಪುರುಷ ಆತ್ಮಾನಂ ನಾವಬುಧ್ಯತೇ ।
ತೇನಾಸೌ ಮೋಕ್ಷಮಾಸ್ಥಾಯ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಭೂತೋಽಭವನ್ಮುನಿಃ ॥ ೨ ॥

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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