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 42.1

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वैशंपायन उवाच ।
बाढमित्येव सह तैर्दुर्दिनाम्भोदनिस्वनः ।
प्रतस्थे दुर्दिनाकारः सदुर्दिन इवाचलः ॥ १ ॥

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
bāḍhamityeva saha tairdurdināmbhodanisvanaḥ |
pratasthe durdinākāraḥ sadurdina ivācalaḥ || 1 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 42.1 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 (42.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vaishampayana, Badham, Badha, Iti, Itya, Eva, Saha, Tad, Durdina, Bha, Bhu, Udan, Udani, Svana, Svan, Prata, Tha, Akara, Sadurdina, Iva, Acala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 42.1). 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: “bāḍhamityeva saha tairdurdināmbhodanisvanaḥ ”
bāḍham -
bāḍham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

bāḍha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bāḍha (noun, neuter)

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

bāḍhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
itye -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

itya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

itya (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

ityā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

√i -> itya (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> itya (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √i class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √i class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √i class 2 verb], [locative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> ityā (participle, feminine)

[nominative dual from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √i class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √i class 2 verb]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
saha -
saha (indeclinable postposition)

[indeclinable postposition]

saha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

saha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√sah (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
tair -
ta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

ta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

tad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

sa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
durdinām -
durdinā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
bho -
bha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

bhā (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

bhu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

bhu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
udani -
udanī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

udanī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

udanī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

udan (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
svanaḥ -
svana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

svan (noun, masculine)

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

svan (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 3: “pratasthe durdinākāraḥ sadurdina ivācalaḥ ”
pratas -
prata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
the -
tha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

tha (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
durdinā -
durdina (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

durdina (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

durdinā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
akāraḥ -
akāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sadurdina* -
sadurdina (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ivā -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
acalaḥ -
acala (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√cal (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second single]