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 48.1

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वैशंपायन उवाच ।
कृते गर्भविधाने तु देवकी देवतोपमा ।
जग्राह सप्त तान् गर्भान्यथावत्समुदाहृतान् ॥ १ ॥

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
kṛte garbhavidhāne tu devakī devatopamā |
jagrāha sapta tān garbhānyathāvatsamudāhṛtān || 1 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 48.1 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 (48.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vaishampayana, Krite, Krit, Krita, Kriti, Garbha, Vidhana, Devaki, Devata, Upama, Sapta, Saptan, Yathavat, Samudahrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 48.1). 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: “kṛte garbhavidhāne tu devakī devatopamā ”
kṛte -
kṛte (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kṛte (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

kṛt (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

kṛt (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

kṛta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

kṛta (noun, neuter)

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

kṛtā (noun, feminine)

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

kṛti (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

kṛti (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 1 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 2 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 5 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ -> kṛtā (participle, feminine)

[nominative dual from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[present middle third single]
garbha -
garbha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
vidhāne -
vidhāna (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vidhāna (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
devakī -
devakī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]
devato -
devatā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

devata (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

devata (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

devatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√div (verb class 1)

[imperative active second plural]
upamā -
upamā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 3: “jagrāha sapta tān garbhānyathāvatsamudāhṛtān ”
jagrāha -
√grah (verb class 9)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
sapta -
sapta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sapta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

saptan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

saptan (noun, neuter)

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

√sap -> sapta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sap class 1 verb]

√sap -> sapta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sap class 1 verb]
tān -
ta (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

sa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
garbhān -
garbha (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
yathāvat -
yathāvat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
samudāhṛtān -
samudāhṛta (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]