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 44.36

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स एव रावणो धन्यो यस्त्वया व्रतचारिणा ।
स्त्रीनिमित्तं हतो युद्धे ग्राम्यान्धर्मानवेक्षता ॥ ३६ ॥

sa eva rāvaṇo dhanyo yastvayā vratacāriṇā |
strīnimittaṃ hato yuddhe grāmyāndharmānavekṣatā || 36 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 44.36 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 (44.36). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sah, Eva, Ravana, Dhanya, Dhani, Yah, Tva, Yushmad, Vratacarin, Vratacari, Stri, Nimitta, Hata, Yuddha, Gramya, Dharma, Avekshata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 44.36). 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: “sa eva rāvaṇo dhanyo yastvayā vratacāriṇā ”
sa* -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
rāvaṇo* -
rāvaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
dhanyo* -
dhanya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

dhanī (noun, masculine)

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

dhanī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
yas -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tvayā -
tvā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[instrumental single]
vratacāriṇā -
vratacārin (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vratacārin (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

vratacārī (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “strīnimittaṃ hato yuddhe grāmyāndharmānavekṣatā ”
strī -
strī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]
nimittam -
nimitta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
hato* -
hata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√han -> hata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √han class 1 verb], [nominative single from √han class 2 verb]

√han (verb class 2)

[present active third dual]
yuddhe -
yuddha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yuddha (noun, neuter)

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

yuddhā (noun, feminine)

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

√yudh -> yuddha (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [locative single from √yudh class 4 verb]

√yudh -> yuddha (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [locative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √yudh class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √yudh class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √yudh class 4 verb], [locative single from √yudh class 4 verb]

√yudh -> yuddhā (participle, feminine)

[nominative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √yudh class 4 verb], [vocative single from √yudh class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √yudh class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √yudh class 4 verb]
grāmyān -
grāmya (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
dharmān -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
avekṣatā -
avekṣatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]