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 26.17

एतच्छ्रुत्वाब्रवीदेनं कस्य चेयं स्नुषेति वै ।
न हि प्रसूता पुत्रेण नान्या भार्यास्ति तेऽनघ ।
स्नुषा संबन्धवागेषा कतमेन सुतेन ते ।
अब्रवीत्तदुपश्रुत्य ज्यामघोराजसत्तमः ।
यस्ते जनिष्यते पुत्रस्तस्य भार्येति जातभीः ॥ १७ ॥

etacchrutvābravīdenaṃ kasya ceyaṃ snuṣeti vai |
na hi prasūtā putreṇa nānyā bhāryāsti te'nagha |
snuṣā saṃbandhavāgeṣā katamena sutena te |
abravīttadupaśrutya jyāmaghorājasattamaḥ |
yaste janiṣyate putrastasya bhāryeti jātabhīḥ || 17 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 26.17 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 (26.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Etad, Ravi, Ravin, Ina, Kah, Kim, Ceya, Snusha, Iti, Prasuta, Putra, Bharya, Asti, Tad, Yushmad, Anagha, Sambandhu, Aga, Ish, Isha, Kata, Suta, Tat, Upashrutya, Jyamagha, Rajasa, Tta, Yasta, Janishyat, Bhari, Bharin, Jatabhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 26.17). 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: “etacchrutvābravīdenaṃ kasya ceyaṃ snuṣeti vai
  • etacch -
  • etad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    etad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • śrutvā -
  • śru -> śrutvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √śru]
  • ab -
  • ap (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ravī -
  • ravi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ravin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • de -
  • da (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    da (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single], [dative single]
  • inam -
  • ina (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ina (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    inā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • kasya -
  • kas -> kasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kas]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    ka (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • ceyam -
  • ceya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ceya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ceyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • snuṣe -
  • snuṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • vai -
  • (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
  • Line 2: “na hi prasūtā putreṇa nānyā bhāryāsti te'nagha
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • prasūtā -
  • prasūtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • putreṇa -
  • putra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    putra (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • nānyā -
  • bhāryā -
  • bhārya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhārya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhṛ -> bhārya (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √bhṛ]
    bhṛ -> bhārya (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √bhṛ]
    bhṛ -> bhārya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √bhṛ]
    bhāryā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    bhṛ -> bhārya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √bhṛ]
    bhṛ -> bhārya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √bhṛ]
    bhṛ -> bhāryā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √bhṛ]
  • asti -
  • asti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    astī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    astī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    astī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [present active third 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]
  • anagha -
  • anagha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    anagha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 3: “snuṣā saṃbandhavāgeṣā katamena sutena te
  • snuṣā -
  • snuṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sambandhavā -
  • sambandhu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • āge -
  • āgā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ag (verb class 1)
    [imperfect middle first single], [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single], [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
  • iṣā -
  • iṣ (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    iṣ (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    iṣ (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    iṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • katam -
  • kata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • ena -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • sutena -
  • suta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    suta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    su -> suta (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental single from √su class 5 verb]
    su -> suta (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental single from √su class 5 verb]
    -> suta (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental single from √ class 6 verb]
    -> suta (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental single from √ class 6 verb]
    -> suta (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental single from √ class 2 verb]
    -> suta (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental single from √ class 2 verb]
  • 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]
  • Line 4: “abravīttadupaśrutya jyāmaghorājasattamaḥ
  • abravīt -
  • brū (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • upaśrutya -
  • upaśrutya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • jyāmagho -
  • jyāmagha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • rājasa -
  • rājasa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    rājasa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ttam -
  • tta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    tta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ttā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • aḥ -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • Line 5: “yaste janiṣyate putrastasya bhāryeti jātabhīḥ
  • yaste -
  • yasta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    yasta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    yastā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    yas -> yasta (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √yas class 4 verb]
    yas -> yasta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √yas class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √yas class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √yas class 4 verb], [locative single from √yas class 4 verb]
    yas -> yastā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √yas class 4 verb], [vocative single from √yas class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √yas class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √yas class 4 verb]
  • janiṣyate -
  • jan -> janiṣyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √jan class 1 verb], [dative single from √jan class 2 verb], [dative single from √jan class 3 verb], [dative single from √jan class 4 verb]
    jan -> janiṣyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √jan class 1 verb], [dative single from √jan class 2 verb], [dative single from √jan class 3 verb], [dative single from √jan class 4 verb]
    jan (verb class 1)
    [future middle third single]
    jan (verb class 2)
    [future middle third single]
    jan (verb class 3)
    [future middle third single]
    jan (verb class 4)
    [future middle third single]
  • putras -
  • putra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tasya -
  • tas -> tasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √tas]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    tas (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • bhārye -
  • bhāri (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    bhārin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    bhārin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    bhārya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhārya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    bhāryā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    bhṛ -> bhārya (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √bhṛ]
    bhṛ -> bhārya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √bhṛ], [vocative dual from √bhṛ], [accusative dual from √bhṛ], [locative single from √bhṛ]
    bhṛ -> bhāryā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √bhṛ], [vocative single from √bhṛ], [vocative dual from √bhṛ], [accusative dual from √bhṛ]
    bhṛ (verb class 0)
    [present passive first single]
  • eti -
  • eti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    i (verb class 2)
    [present active third single]
  • jātabhīḥ -
  • jātabhī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Harivamsa Verse 26.17

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 26.17 in Telugu sript:
ఏతచ్ఛ్రుత్వాబ్రవీదేనం కస్య చేయం స్నుషేతి వై ।
న హి ప్రసూతా పుత్రేణ నాన్యా భార్యాస్తి తేఽనఘ ।
స్నుషా సంబన్ధవాగేషా కతమేన సుతేన తే ।
అబ్రవీత్తదుపశ్రుత్య జ్యామఘోరాజసత్తమః ।
యస్తే జనిష్యతే పుత్రస్తస్య భార్యేతి జాతభీః ॥ ౧౭ ॥

Cover of Gujarati edition

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

હરિવંશપુરાણ

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Preview of verse 26.17 in Gujarati sript:
એતચ્છ્રુત્વાબ્રવીદેનં કસ્ય ચેયં સ્નુષેતિ વૈ ।
ન હિ પ્રસૂતા પુત્રેણ નાન્યા ભાર્યાસ્તિ તેઽનઘ ।
સ્નુષા સંબન્ધવાગેષા કતમેન સુતેન તે ।
અબ્રવીત્તદુપશ્રુત્ય જ્યામઘોરાજસત્તમઃ ।
યસ્તે જનિષ્યતે પુત્રસ્તસ્ય ભાર્યેતિ જાતભીઃ ॥ ૧૭ ॥

Cover of edition (2021)

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

1568 pages

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Preview of verse 26.17 in Kannada sript:
ಏತಚ್ಛ್ರುತ್ವಾಬ್ರವೀದೇನಂ ಕಸ್ಯ ಚೇಯಂ ಸ್ನುಷೇತಿ ವೈ ।
ನ ಹಿ ಪ್ರಸೂತಾ ಪುತ್ರೇಣ ನಾನ್ಯಾ ಭಾರ್ಯಾಸ್ತಿ ತೇಽನಘ ।
ಸ್ನುಷಾ ಸಂಬನ್ಧವಾಗೇಷಾ ಕತಮೇನ ಸುತೇನ ತೇ ।
ಅಬ್ರವೀತ್ತದುಪಶ್ರುತ್ಯ ಜ್ಯಾಮಘೋರಾಜಸತ್ತಮಃ ।
ಯಸ್ತೇ ಜನಿಷ್ಯತೇ ಪುತ್ರಸ್ತಸ್ಯ ಭಾರ್ಯೇತಿ ಜಾತಭೀಃ ॥ ೧೭ ॥

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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