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 57.5

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स तु देशः समः स्निग्धो लोष्टपाषाणवर्जितः ।
दर्भप्रायस्थलीभूतः सुमहान् कृष्णमृत्तिकः ॥ ५ ॥

sa tu deśaḥ samaḥ snigdho loṣṭapāṣāṇavarjitaḥ |
darbhaprāyasthalībhūtaḥ sumahān kṛṣṇamṛttikaḥ || 5 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 57.5 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 (57.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Desha, Sama, Snigdha, Loshta, Pashana, Varjita, Darbha, Pra, Praya, Sthalibhuta, Sumahat, Sumaha, Krishnamrittika,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 57.5). 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 tu deśaḥ samaḥ snigdho loṣṭapāṣāṇavarjitaḥ ”
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
deśaḥ -
deśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
samaḥ -
sama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
snigdho* -
snigdha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√snih -> snigdha (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √snih class 1 verb], [nominative single from √snih class 4 verb]
loṣṭa -
loṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

loṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

loṣṭan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

√loṣṭ (verb class 1)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
varjitaḥ -
varjita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “darbhaprāyasthalībhūtaḥ sumahān kṛṣṇamṛttikaḥ ”
darbha -
darbha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√dṛbh (verb class 1)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
sthalībhūtaḥ -
sthalībhūta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sumahān -
sumahat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]

sumaha (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
kṛṣṇamṛttikaḥ -
kṛṣṇamṛttika (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]