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 76.32

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निगृहीतश्च केशेषु मन्दासुरिव निःश्वसन् ।
न शशाक मुखं द्रष्टुं कंसः कृष्णस्य वै तदा ॥ ३२ ॥

nigṛhītaśca keśeṣu mandāsuriva niḥśvasan |
na śaśāka mukhaṃ draṣṭuṃ kaṃsaḥ kṛṣṇasya vai tadā || 32 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 76.32 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 (76.32). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nigrihita, Kesha, Mandasu, Iva, Nih, Shvasat, Mukha, Kamsa, Krishna, Tada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 76.32). 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: “nigṛhītaśca keśeṣu mandāsuriva niḥśvasan ”
nigṛhītaś -
nigṛhīta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
keśeṣu -
keśa (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

keśa (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
mandāsur -
mandāsu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

mandāsu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
niḥ -
niḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

niḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ni (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ni (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
śvasan -
√śvas -> śvasat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śvas class 2 verb], [vocative single from √śvas class 2 verb]
Line 2: “na śaśāka mukhaṃ draṣṭuṃ kaṃsaḥ kṛṣṇasya vai tadā ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śaśāka -
√śak (verb class 5)

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

[adverb], [accusative single]

mukha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
draṣṭum -
√dṛś -> draṣṭum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √dṛś]
kaṃsaḥ -
kaṃsa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kṛṣṇasya -
kṛṣṇa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

kṛṣṇa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
vai -
√vā (verb class 1)

[present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
tadā -
tadā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tadā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]