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 78.8

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लोके पतितवृत्तस्य पुरुषस्याल्पमेधसः ।
अक्लिष्टं मरणं श्रेयो न विद्विष्टस्य जीवितम् ॥ ८ ॥

loke patitavṛttasya puruṣasyālpamedhasaḥ |
akliṣṭaṃ maraṇaṃ śreyo na vidviṣṭasya jīvitam || 8 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 78.8 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 (78.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Loka, Patitavritta, Purusha, Alpamedhas, Aklishta, Marana, Shreyah, Shreyas, Shreya, Vidvishta, Jivita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 78.8). 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: “loke patitavṛttasya puruṣasyālpamedhasaḥ ”
loke -
loka (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

√lok (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
patitavṛttasya -
patitavṛtta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

patitavṛtta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
puruṣasyā -
puruṣa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

puruṣa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
alpamedhasaḥ -
alpamedhas (noun, masculine)

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

alpamedhas (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “akliṣṭaṃ maraṇaṃ śreyo na vidviṣṭasya jīvitam ”
akliṣṭam -
akliṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

akliṣṭa (noun, neuter)

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

akliṣṭā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
maraṇam -
maraṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
śreyo* -
śreyaḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

śreyas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

śreyas (noun, neuter)

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

√śrā -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śrā class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śrā class 2 verb], [nominative single from √śrā class 4 verb]

√śrai -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śrai class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śrai class 2 verb], [nominative single from √śrai class 4 verb]

√śri -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śri class 1 verb]

√śrī -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śrī class 9 verb]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vidviṣṭasya -
vidviṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

vidviṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
jīvitam -
jīvita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

jīvita (noun, neuter)

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

jīvitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√jīv -> jīvita (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √jīv class 1 verb]

√jīv -> jīvita (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √jīv class 1 verb], [accusative single from √jīv class 1 verb]