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 99.1

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जनमेजय उवाच ।
य एष भवता पूर्वं शम्बरघ्नेत्युदाहृतः ।
प्रद्युम्नः स कथं जघ्ने शम्बरं तद्ब्रवीहि मे ॥ १ ॥

janamejaya uvāca |
ya eṣa bhavatā pūrvaṃ śambaraghnetyudāhṛtaḥ |
pradyumnaḥ sa kathaṃ jaghne śambaraṃ tadbravīhi me || 1 ||

The English translation of Harivamsa Verse 99.1 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 (99.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Janamejaya, Yah, Esha, Bhavat, Bhavant, Purvam, Purva, Shambaraghna, Shambarahan, Iti, Udahrita, Pradyumna, Katham, Katha, Jaghni, Shambara, Tad, Tat, Asmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Harivamsa Verse 99.1). 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: “janamejaya uvāca ”
janamejaya* -
janamejaya (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: “ya eṣa bhavatā pūrvaṃ śambaraghnetyudāhṛtaḥ ”
ya* -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
eṣa -
eṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

eṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√eṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single], [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]

√iṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
bhavatā -
bhavat (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

bhavat (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

bhavant (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

bhavant (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
pūrvam -
pūrvam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pūrva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pūrva (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
śambaraghne -
śambaraghna (noun, masculine)

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

śambarahan (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single], [dative single]
ityu -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
udāhṛtaḥ -
udāhṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 3: “pradyumnaḥ sa kathaṃ jaghne śambaraṃ tadbravīhi me ”
pradyumnaḥ -
pradyumna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
katham -
katham (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

katham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kathā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

katha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

katha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
jaghne -
jaghni (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

jaghni (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

√han (verb class 1)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]

√han (verb class 2)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
śambaram -
śambara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
tad -
tad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
bravīhi -
√brū (verb class 2)

[imperative active second single]
me -
ma (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

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

mā (noun, feminine)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]