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 41.10

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वेदानधीत्य दीक्षाभिर्महर्षीन्ब्रह्मचर्यया ।
श्राद्धैश्च मेध्यैः शतशस्तर्पयन्ति पितामहान् ॥ १० ॥

vedānadhītya dīkṣābhirmaharṣīnbrahmacaryayā |
śrāddhaiśca medhyaiḥ śataśastarpayanti pitāmahān || 10 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 41.10 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 (41.10). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Veda, Adhitya, Diksha, Maharshi, Brahmacarya, Shraddha, Medhya, Shatashah, Tarpayat, Tarpayanti, Pitamaha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 41.10). 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: “vedānadhītya dīkṣābhirmaharṣīnbrahmacaryayā ”
vedān -
veda (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
adhītya -
adhītya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
dīkṣābhir -
dīkṣā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental plural]
maharṣīn -
maharṣi (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
brahmacarya -
brahmacarya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yā -
yā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “śrāddhaiśca medhyaiḥ śataśastarpayanti pitāmahān ”
śrāddhaiś -
śrāddha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

śrāddha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
medhyaiḥ -
medhya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

medhya (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

√medh -> medhya (participle, masculine)

[instrumental plural from √medh class 1 verb]

√medh -> medhya (participle, neuter)

[instrumental plural from √medh class 1 verb]

√midh -> medhya (participle, masculine)

[instrumental plural from √midh class 1 verb]

√midh -> medhya (participle, neuter)

[instrumental plural from √midh class 1 verb]
śataśas -
śataśaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
tarpayanti -
√tṛp -> tarpayantī (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √tṛp]

√tṛp -> tarpayat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √tṛp], [vocative plural from √tṛp], [accusative plural from √tṛp]

√tṛp -> tarpayantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √tṛp]

√tṛp (verb class 0)

[present active third plural]
pitāmahān -
pitāmaha (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]