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 45.1

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वैशंपायन उवाच ।
नारदस्य वचः श्रुत्वा सस्मितं मधुसूदनः ।
प्रत्युवाच शुभं वाक्यं वरेण्यः प्रभुरीश्वरः ॥ १ ॥

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
nāradasya vacaḥ śrutvā sasmitaṃ madhusūdanaḥ |
pratyuvāca śubhaṃ vākyaṃ vareṇyaḥ prabhurīśvaraḥ || 1 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 45.1 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 (45.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vaishampayana, Narada, Vaca, Vacas, Sasmita, Madhusudana, Prati, Shubha, Shubh, Vakya, Varenya, Prabhu, Ishvara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 45.1). 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: “nāradasya vacaḥ śrutvā sasmitaṃ madhusūdanaḥ ”
nāradasya -
nārada (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

nārada (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
vacaḥ -
vacas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vacas (noun, neuter)

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

vaca (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śrutvā -
√śru -> śrutvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √śru]
sasmitam -
sasmita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sasmita (noun, neuter)

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

sasmitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
madhusūdanaḥ -
madhusūdana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 3: “pratyuvāca śubhaṃ vākyaṃ vareṇyaḥ prabhurīśvaraḥ ”
pratyu -
prati (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

prati (noun, masculine)

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

pratī (noun, masculine)

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

pratī (noun, feminine)

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

pratī (noun, neuter)

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

prati (Preverb)

[Preverb]
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]
śubham -
śubha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śubha (noun, neuter)

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

śubhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

śubh (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
vākyam -
vākya (noun, neuter)

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

√vac -> vākya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 3 verb]

√vac -> vākya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 2 verb], [nominative single from √vac class 3 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 3 verb]

√vak -> vākya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √vak class 1 verb]

√vak -> vākya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √vak class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vak class 1 verb]
vareṇyaḥ -
vareṇya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√vṛ -> vareṇya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √vṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √vṛ class 9 verb]
prabhur -
prabhu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

prabhu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
īśvaraḥ -
īśvara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]