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 88.7

अवस्थाप्य च तत्सैन्यं रुक्मी बलमदान्वितः ।
आदाय निशितं बाणमिदमाह जनार्दनम् ॥ अरे गोपकदायाद परदारप्रधर्षण ।
विमुच्यतामियं बाला स्थातव्यं च क्षणान्तरम् ।
शिरश्छेत्स्यामि ते बाणैः स्थितोऽसि यदि मत्पुरः ।
इत्युक्त्वा निशितं बाणं संदधे धनुषि प्रभो ।
चिकीर्षुर्द्वैरथं युद्धमभ्ययान्मधुसूदनम् ॥ ७ ॥

avasthāpya ca tatsainyaṃ rukmī balamadānvitaḥ |
ādāya niśitaṃ bāṇamidamāha janārdanam || are gopakadāyāda paradārapradharṣaṇa |
vimucyatāmiyaṃ bālā sthātavyaṃ ca kṣaṇāntaram |
śiraśchetsyāmi te bāṇaiḥ sthito'si yadi matpuraḥ |
ityuktvā niśitaṃ bāṇaṃ saṃdadhe dhanuṣi prabho |
cikīrṣurdvairathaṃ yuddhamabhyayānmadhusūdanam || 7 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 88.7 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 (88.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Avastha, Apya, Tat, Tad, Sainya, Rukmi, Rukmin, Balamada, Vita, Ada, Adaya, Nishita, Bana, Idam, Ahan, Janardana, Are, Ara, Ari, Gopaka, Dayada, Paradara, Pradharshana, Vimuc, Yah, Bala, Sthatavya, Kshanantara, Shira, Shiras, Yushmad, Sthita, Asi, Yadi, Yad, Asmad, Purah, Pur, Pura, Iti, Uktva, Sat, Dadha, Dhanus, Prabhu, Cikirshu, Dvairatha, Yuddha, Abhyaya, Madhusudana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 88.7). 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: “avasthāpya ca tatsainyaṃ rukmī balamadānvitaḥ
  • avasthā -
  • avastha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    avasthā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • apya -
  • apya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • sainyam -
  • sainya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sainya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sainyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • rukmī -
  • rukmī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    rukmī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    rukmi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    rukmin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • balamadān -
  • balamada (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • vitaḥ -
  • vita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ādāya niśitaṃ bāṇamidamāha janārdanam |
  • ādāya -
  • ādāya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ādāya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āda (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    āda (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • niśitam -
  • niśita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    niśita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    niśitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • bāṇam -
  • bāṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bāṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    bāṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • idam -
  • idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • āha -
  • āhan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ah (verb class 5)
    [perfect active third single]
  • janārdanam -
  • janārdana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • Line 3: “are gopakadāyāda paradārapradharṣaṇa
  • are -
  • are (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ara (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ara (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    arā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ari (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    ari (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
    (verb class 3)
    [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
    (verb class 5)
    [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
  • gopaka -
  • gopaka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dāyāda -
  • dāyāda (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • paradāra -
  • paradāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pradharṣaṇa -
  • pradharṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pradharṣaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 4: “vimucyatāmiyaṃ bālā sthātavyaṃ ca kṣaṇāntaram
  • vimucya -
  • vimuc (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • atāmi -
  • at (verb class 1)
    [present active first single]
  • yam -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • bālā -
  • bālā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sthātavyam -
  • sthātavya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sthātavya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sthātavyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    sthā -> sthātavya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
    sthā -> sthātavya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb], [accusative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kṣaṇāntaram -
  • kṣaṇāntara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 5: “śiraśchetsyāmi te bāṇaiḥ sthito'si yadi matpuraḥ
  • śiraś -
  • śiras (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    śira (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • chetsyāmi -
  • chid (verb class 7)
    [future active first single]
    chid (verb class 9)
    [future active first single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • bāṇaiḥ -
  • bāṇa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    bāṇa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • sthito' -
  • sthita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
  • asi -
  • asi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    asi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    asī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [present active second single]
  • yadi -
  • yadi (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    yadi (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yadi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • mat -
  • asmad (pronoun, none)
    [ablative single]
  • puraḥ -
  • puraḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    puraḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pur (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    pura (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 6: “ityuktvā niśitaṃ bāṇaṃ saṃdadhe dhanuṣi prabho
  • ityu -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • uktvā -
  • uktvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    vac -> uktvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √vac]
    vac -> uktvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √vac]
  • niśitam -
  • niśita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    niśita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    niśitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • bāṇam -
  • bāṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bāṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    bāṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • san -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    sat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
    sam (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • dadhe -
  • dadha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    dadha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    dadhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    dadh (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
    dhā (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single], [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
    dhā (verb class 2)
    [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
    dhā (verb class 3)
    [present middle first single], [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
    dhā (verb class 4)
    [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
    dhe (verb class 1)
    [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
  • dhanuṣi -
  • dhanus (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • prabho -
  • prabhu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    prabhu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • Line 7: “cikīrṣurdvairathaṃ yuddhamabhyayānmadhusūdanam
  • cikīrṣur -
  • cikīrṣu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    cikīrṣu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • dvairatham -
  • dvairatha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dvairatha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • yuddham -
  • yuddha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    yuddha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    yuddhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    yudh -> yuddha (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √yudh class 4 verb]
    yudh -> yuddha (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [nominative single from √yudh class 4 verb], [accusative single from √yudh class 4 verb]
  • abhyayān -
  • abhyaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative plural], [ablative single]
  • madhusūdanam -
  • madhusūdana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Harivamsa Verse 88.7

Cover of edition (2012)

Harivamsa Purana
by Ras Bihari Lal and Sons (2012)

Set of 10 Volumes; Transliterated Text with English Translation; [5425 pages]

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Cover of edition (2021)

Shri Harivamsa Purana in Marathi
by Jitendra Nath Thakur (2021)

श्रीहरिवंशपुराण [Dharmik Prakashan Sanstha, Mumbai]

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Cover of edition (2012)

Shri Harivamsha Purana (Telugu)
by Gollapudi Veeraswamy Son (2012)

శ్రీ వారివంశవ్రరాణం [Gollapudi Veeraswamy Son]

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Preview of verse 88.7 in Telugu sript:
అవస్థాప్య చ తత్సైన్యం రుక్మీ బలమదాన్వితః ।
ఆదాయ నిశితం బాణమిదమాహ జనార్దనమ్ ॥
అరే గోపకదాయాద పరదారప్రధర్షణ ।
విముచ్యతామియం బాలా స్థాతవ్యం చ క్షణాన్తరమ్ ।
శిరశ్ఛేత్స్యామి తే బాణైః స్థితోఽసి యది మత్పురః ।
ఇత్యుక్త్వా నిశితం బాణం సందధే ధనుషి ప్రభో ।
చికీర్షుర్ద్వైరథం యుద్ధమభ్యయాన్మధుసూదనమ్ ॥ ౭ ॥

Cover of Gujarati edition

Harivamsa Purana in Gujarati
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2017)

હરિવંશપુરાણ

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Preview of verse 88.7 in Gujarati sript:
અવસ્થાપ્ય ચ તત્સૈન્યં રુક્મી બલમદાન્વિતઃ ।
આદાય નિશિતં બાણમિદમાહ જનાર્દનમ્ ॥
અરે ગોપકદાયાદ પરદારપ્રધર્ષણ ।
વિમુચ્યતામિયં બાલા સ્થાતવ્યં ચ ક્ષણાન્તરમ્ ।
શિરશ્છેત્સ્યામિ તે બાણૈઃ સ્થિતોઽસિ યદિ મત્પુરઃ ।
ઇત્યુક્ત્વા નિશિતં બાણં સંદધે ધનુષિ પ્રભો ।
ચિકીર્ષુર્દ્વૈરથં યુદ્ધમભ્યયાન્મધુસૂદનમ્ ॥ ૭ ॥

Cover of edition (2021)

Harivansha Mahapurana (Kannada)
by Saraswati Prakashan, Belgaum (2021)

1568 pages

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Preview of verse 88.7 in Kannada sript:
ಅವಸ್ಥಾಪ್ಯ ಚ ತತ್ಸೈನ್ಯಂ ರುಕ್ಮೀ ಬಲಮದಾನ್ವಿತಃ ।
ಆದಾಯ ನಿಶಿತಂ ಬಾಣಮಿದಮಾಹ ಜನಾರ್ದನಮ್ ॥
ಅರೇ ಗೋಪಕದಾಯಾದ ಪರದಾರಪ್ರಧರ್ಷಣ ।
ವಿಮುಚ್ಯತಾಮಿಯಂ ಬಾಲಾ ಸ್ಥಾತವ್ಯಂ ಚ ಕ್ಷಣಾನ್ತರಮ್ ।
ಶಿರಶ್ಛೇತ್ಸ್ಯಾಮಿ ತೇ ಬಾಣೈಃ ಸ್ಥಿತೋಽಸಿ ಯದಿ ಮತ್ಪುರಃ ।
ಇತ್ಯುಕ್ತ್ವಾ ನಿಶಿತಂ ಬಾಣಂ ಸಂದಧೇ ಧನುಷಿ ಪ್ರಭೋ ।
ಚಿಕೀರ್ಷುರ್ದ್ವೈರಥಂ ಯುದ್ಧಮಭ್ಯಯಾನ್ಮಧುಸೂದನಮ್ ॥ ೭ ॥

Cover of edition (2013)

Shri Harivamsa Purana (Narayani Language)
by Ramtej Pandey (2013)

With Commentary (Set Of 3 Volumes); Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation; [Chaukhamba Sanskrit Pratishthan]

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