Mahabharata [sanskrit]

699,462 words | ISBN-10: 812150094X | ISBN-13: 9788121500944

The Sanskrit edition of the Mahabharata, one of the largest epic poems ever written, consisting of 100,000 metrical verses. Consisting of 18 books, the Mahabharata details the history and legends concerning ancient India (Bharata), including a major battle campaign involving the Kauravas and the Pandavas, also known as the Kurukshetra War. This portion also contains the Bhagavad-Gita. Alternative titles: Mahābhārata (महाभारत).

Chapter 27

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saṃjaya uvāca |
yiyāsatastataḥ kṛṣṇaḥ pārthasyāśvānmanojavān |
apraiṣīddhemasaṃchannāndroṇānīkāya pāṇḍurān || 1 ||
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taṃ prayāntaṃ kuruśreṣṭhaṃ svāṃstrātuṃ droṇatāpitān |
suśarmā bhrātṛbhiḥ sārdhaṃ yuddhārthī pṛṣṭhato'nvayāt || 2 ||
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tataḥ śvetahayaḥ kṛṣṇamabravīdajitaṃ jayaḥ |
eṣa māṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ sārdhaṃ suśarmāhvayate'cyuta || 3 ||
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dīryate cottareṇaitatsainyaṃ naḥ śatrusūdana |
dvaidhībhūtaṃ mano me'dya kṛtaṃ saṃśaptakairidam || 4 ||
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kiṃ nu saṃśaptakānhanmi svānrakṣāmyahitārditān |
iti me tvaṃ mataṃ vettha tatra kiṃ sukṛtaṃ bhavet || 5 ||
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evamuktastu dāśārhaḥ syandanaṃ pratyavartayat |
yena trigartādhipatiḥ pāṇḍavaṃ samupāhvayat || 6 ||
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tato'rjunaḥ suśarmāṇaṃ viddhvā saptabhirāśugaiḥ |
dhvajaṃ dhanuścāsya tathā kṣurābhyāṃ samakṛntata || 7 ||
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trigartādhipateścāpi bhrātaraṃ ṣaḍbhirāyasaiḥ |
sāśvaṃ sasūtaṃ tvaritaḥ pārthaḥ praiṣīdyamakṣayam || 8 ||
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tato bhujagasaṃkāśāṃ suśarmā śaktimāyasīm |
cikṣepārjunamādiśya vāsudevāya tomaram || 9 ||
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śaktiṃ tribhiḥ śaraiśchittvā tomaraṃ tribhirarjunaḥ |
suśarmāṇaṃ śaravrātairmohayitvā nyavartata || 10 ||
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taṃ vāsavamivāyāntaṃ bhūrivarṣaśaraughiṇam |
rājaṃstāvakasainyānāṃ nograṃ kaścidavārayat || 11 ||
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tato dhanaṃjayo bāṇaistata eva mahārathān |
āyādvinighnankauravyāndahankakṣamivānalaḥ || 12 ||
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tasya vegamasahyaṃ tu kuntīputrasya dhīmataḥ |
nāśaknuvaṃste saṃsoḍhuṃ sparśamagneriva prajāḥ || 13 ||
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saṃveṣṭayannanīkāni śaravarṣeṇa pāṇḍavaḥ |
suparṇapātavadrājannāyātprāgjyotiṣaṃ prati || 14 ||
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yattadānāmayajjiṣṇurbharatānāmapāyinām |
dhanuḥ kṣemakaraṃ saṃkhye dviṣatāmaśruvardhanam || 15 ||
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tadeva tava putrasya rājandurdyūtadevinaḥ |
kṛte kṣatravināśāya dhanurāyacchadarjunaḥ || 16 ||
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tathā vikṣobhyamāṇā sā pārthena tava vāhinī |
vyadīryata mahārāja naurivāsādya parvatam || 17 ||
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tato daśa sahasrāṇi nyavartanta dhanuṣmatām |
matiṃ kṛtvā raṇe kruddhā vīrā jayaparājaye || 18 ||
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vyapetahṛdayatrāsa āpaddharmātigo rathaḥ |
ārchatpārtho guruṃ bhāraṃ sarvabhārasaho yudhi || 19 ||
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yathā naḍavanaṃ kruddhaḥ prabhinnaḥ ṣaṣṭihāyanaḥ |
mṛdnīyāttadvadāyastaḥ pārtho'mṛdnāccamūṃ tava || 20 ||
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tasminpramathite sainye bhagadatto narādhipaḥ |
tena nāgena sahasā dhanaṃjayamupādravat || 21 ||
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taṃ rathena naravyāghraḥ pratyagṛhṇādabhītavat |
sa saṃnipātastumulo babhūva rathanāgayoḥ || 22 ||
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kalpitābhyāṃ yathāśāstraṃ rathena ca gajena ca |
saṃgrāme ceraturvīrau bhagadattadhanaṃjayau || 23 ||
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tato jīmūtasaṃkāśānnāgādindra ivābhibhūḥ |
abhyavarṣaccharaugheṇa bhagadatto dhanaṃjayam || 24 ||
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sa cāpi śaravarṣaṃ taccharavarṣeṇa vāsaviḥ |
aprāptameva ciccheda bhagadattasya vīryavān || 25 ||
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tataḥ prāgjyotiṣo rājā śaravarṣaṃ nivārya tat |
śarairjaghne mahābāhuṃ pārthaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ ca bhārata || 26 ||
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tataḥ sa śarajālena mahatābhyavakīrya tau |
codayāmāsa taṃ nāgaṃ vadhāyācyutapārthayoḥ || 27 ||
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tamāpatantaṃ dviradaṃ dṛṣṭvā kruddhamivāntakam |
cakre'pasavyaṃ tvaritaḥ syandanena janārdanaḥ || 28 ||
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saṃprāptamapi neyeṣa parāvṛttaṃ mahādvipam |
sārohaṃ mṛtyusātkartuṃ smarandharmaṃ dhanaṃjayaḥ || 29 ||
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sa tu nāgo dviparathānhayāṃścārujya māriṣa |
prāhiṇonmṛtyulokāya tato'krudhyaddhanaṃjayaḥ || 30 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Chapter 27

The complete Mahabharata (12 Volumes)
by Kisari Mohan Ganguly (2013)

4900 pages; [Publisher: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.] ISBN: ‎ 812150094X or 9788121500944;

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The Mahabharata in Kannada (Set of 32 Volumes)
by Bharatha Darshana Bangalore (2003)

ಶ್ರೇಮಹಭಾರತ [ಮಹಾಭಾರತ]; 13907 pages;

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The Complete Mahabharata (9 volumes)
by M. N. Dutt (2008)

6415 pages; Sanskrit Text with English Translation; [Edited By: Dr. Ishwar Chandra Sharma & Dr. O.N. Bimali] [Publisher: Parimal Publication Pvt. Ltd.]

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