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 40.10

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तं शयानं महात्मानं भवाय जगतः प्रभुम् ।
उपासां चक्रिरे विष्णुं देवाः सर्षिगणास्तदा ॥ १० ॥

taṃ śayānaṃ mahātmānaṃ bhavāya jagataḥ prabhum |
upāsāṃ cakrire viṣṇuṃ devāḥ sarṣigaṇāstadā || 10 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 40.10 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 (40.10). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shayana, Mahatman, Bhava, Jagat, Prabhu, Upasa, Vishnu, Deva, Sarshigana, Tada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 40.10). 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: “taṃ śayānaṃ mahātmānaṃ bhavāya jagataḥ prabhum ”
tam -
ta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

tā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

tan (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
śayānam -
śayāna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śayāna (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

śayānā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√śī -> śayāna (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √śī class 2 verb]

√śī -> śayāna (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √śī class 2 verb], [accusative single from √śī class 2 verb]
mahātmānam -
mahātman (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
bhavāya -
bhava (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

bhava (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
jagataḥ -
jagat (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

jagat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
prabhum -
prabhu (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

prabhu (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
Line 2: “upāsāṃ cakrire viṣṇuṃ devāḥ sarṣigaṇāstadā ”
upāsām -
upāsā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
cakrire -
√kṛ (verb class 1)

[perfect middle third plural]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[perfect middle third plural]

√kṛ (verb class 5)

[perfect middle third plural]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[perfect middle third plural]

√kṛ (verb class 3)

[perfect middle third plural]

√kṛ (verb class 6)

[perfect middle third plural]
viṣṇum -
viṣṇu (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

viṣṇu (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
devāḥ -
deva (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

devā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
sarṣigaṇās -
sarṣigaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

sarṣigaṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
tadā -
tadā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tadā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]