Harivamsa [text] [sanskrit]

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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 37.1

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वैशंपायन उवाच ।
दानवानां तु पिप्रीषुः कालनेमिः स दानवः ।
व्यवर्धत महातेजास्तपान्ते जलदो यथा ॥ १ ॥

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
dānavānāṃ tu piprīṣuḥ kālanemiḥ sa dānavaḥ |
vyavardhata mahātejāstapānte jalado yathā || 1 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 37.1 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 (37.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vaishampayana, Danava, Piprishu, Kalanemi, Danu, Mahateja, Mahatejas, Tapanta, Jalada, Yatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 37.1). 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: “vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca ”
vaiśampāyana* -
vaiśampāyana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “dānavānāṃ tu piprīṣuḥ kālanemiḥ sa dānavaḥ ”
dānavānām -
dānava (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

dānava (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
piprīṣuḥ -
piprīṣu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

piprīṣu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
kālanemiḥ -
kālanemi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
dānavaḥ -
dānavas (noun, neuter)

[adverb]

dānava (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

dānu (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

dānu (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Line 3: “vyavardhata mahātejāstapānte jalado yathā ”
vyavar -
vyava (Preverb)

[Preverb]
ṛdhata -
√ṛdh (verb class 6)

[imperative active second plural]
mahātejās -
mahāteja (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

mahātejā (noun, feminine)

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

mahātejas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tapānte -
tapānta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
jalado* -
jalada (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]