Harivamsa [text] [sanskrit]

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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 90.4

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वैशंपायन उवाच ।
पुराणे नागराजोऽसौ पठ्यते धरणीधरः ।
शेषस्तेजोनिधिः श्रीमानकम्प्यः पुरुषोत्तमः ॥ ४ ॥

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
purāṇe nāgarājo'sau paṭhyate dharaṇīdharaḥ |
śeṣastejonidhiḥ śrīmānakampyaḥ puruṣottamaḥ || 4 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 90.4 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 (90.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vaishampayana, Purana, Nagaraj, Nagaraja, Asi, Asu, Adah, Dharanidhara, Shesha, Sheshas, Tejonidhi, Shrimat, Akampya, Purushottama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 90.4). 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: “vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca ”
vaiśampāyana* -
vaiśampāyana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “purāṇe nāgarājo'sau paṭhyate dharaṇīdharaḥ ”
purāṇe -
purāṇa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

purāṇa (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
nāgarājo' -
nāgarāj (noun, masculine)

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

nāgarāja (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
asau -
asi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

asi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

asu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

adaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]

adaḥ (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
paṭhyate -
√paṭh (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]
dharaṇīdharaḥ -
dharaṇīdhara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 3: “śeṣastejonidhiḥ śrīmānakampyaḥ puruṣottamaḥ ”
śeṣas -
śeṣas (noun, neuter)

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

śeṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tejonidhiḥ -
tejonidhi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

tejonidhi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
śrīmān -
śrīmat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
akampyaḥ -
akampya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
puruṣottamaḥ -
puruṣottama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]