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 47.2

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प्रथमादेव हन्तव्या गर्भास्ते सर्व एव हि ।
मूलादेव हि हन्तव्यः सोऽनर्थो यत्र संशयः ॥ २ ॥

prathamādeva hantavyā garbhāste sarva eva hi |
mūlādeva hi hantavyaḥ so'nartho yatra saṃśayaḥ || 2 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 47.2 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 (47.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Prathama, Eva, Hantavya, Garbha, Tad, Yushmad, Sarva, Mula, Sah, Anartha, Yatra, Samshaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 47.2). 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: “prathamādeva hantavyā garbhāste sarva eva hi ”
prathamād -
prathama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

prathama (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
hantavyā* -
hantavya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

hantavyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√han -> hantavya (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √han class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √han class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √han class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √han class 2 verb]

√han -> hantavyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √han class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √han class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √han class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √han class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √han class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √han class 2 verb]
garbhās -
garbha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

garbhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
sarva* -
sarva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
Line 2: “mūlādeva hi hantavyaḥ so'nartho yatra saṃśayaḥ ”
mūlād -
mūla (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

mūla (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
hantavyaḥ -
hantavya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√han -> hantavya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √han class 1 verb], [nominative single from √han class 2 verb]
so' -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

so (noun, feminine)

[compound]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
anartho* -
anartha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yatra -
yatra (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yatra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yatra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
saṃśayaḥ -
saṃśaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]