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 66.20

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पुन्नाम्नो नरकात्पुत्रो यस्मात्त्राता पितॄन् सदा ।
तस्माद्ब्रुवन्ति पुत्रेति पुत्रं धर्मविदो जनाः ॥ २० ॥

punnāmno narakātputro yasmāttrātā pitṝn sadā |
tasmādbruvanti putreti putraṃ dharmavido janāḥ || 20 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 66.20 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 (66.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Punnaman, Naraka, Putra, Yasmat, Yah, Yat, Tratri, Trata, Pitri, Sada, Sad, Tasmat, Tad, Iti, Dharmavid, Jana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 66.20). 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: “punnāmno narakātputro yasmāttrātā pitṝn sadā ”
punnāmno* -
punnāman (noun, masculine)

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

punnāman (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
narakāt -
naraka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

naraka (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
putro* -
putra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yasmāt -
yasmāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ya (noun, masculine)

[ablative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[ablative single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[ablative single]
trātā -
trātṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

trātā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√trai -> trātā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √trai class 1 verb]

√trai (verb class 1)

[periphrastic-future active third single]
pitṝn -
pitṛ (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
sadā -
sadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sad (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

sad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

sadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “tasmādbruvanti putreti putraṃ dharmavido janāḥ ”
tasmād -
tasmāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single]
bruvanti -
√brū (verb class 2)

[present active third plural]
putre -
putra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

putra (noun, neuter)

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

putrā (noun, feminine)

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

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
putram -
putra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

putra (noun, neuter)

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

putrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
dharmavido* -
dharmavid (noun, masculine)

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

dharmavid (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
janāḥ -
jana (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

janā (noun, feminine)

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