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 38

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dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca |
dvaidhībhavati me cittaṃ hriyā tuṣṭyā ca saṃjaya |
mama putrasya yatsainyaṃ saubhadraḥ samavārayat || 1 ||
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vistareṇaiva me śaṃsa sarvaṃ gāvalgaṇe punaḥ |
vikrīḍitaṃ kumārasya skandasyevāsuraiḥ saha || 2 ||
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saṃjaya uvāca |
hanta te saṃpravakṣyāmi vimardamatidāruṇam |
ekasya ca bahūnāṃ ca yathāsīttumulo raṇaḥ || 3 ||
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abhimanyuḥ kṛtotsāhaḥ kṛtotsāhānariṃdamān |
rathastho rathinaḥ sarvāṃstāvakānapyaharṣayat || 4 ||
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droṇaṃ karṇaṃ kṛpaṃ śalyaṃ drauṇiṃ bhojaṃ bṛhadbalam |
duryodhanaṃ saumadattiṃ śakuniṃ ca mahābalam || 5 ||
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nānānṛpānnṛpasutānsainyāni vividhāni ca |
alātacakravatsarvāṃścaranbāṇaiḥ samabhyayāt || 6 ||
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nighnannamitrānsaubhadraḥ paramāstraḥ pratāpavān |
adarśayata tejasvī dikṣu sarvāsu bhārata || 7 ||
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taddṛṣṭvā caritaṃ tasya saubhadrasyāmitaujasaḥ |
samakampanta sainyāni tvadīyāni punaḥ punaḥ || 8 ||
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athābravīnmahāprājño bhāradvājaḥ pratāpavān |
harṣeṇotphullanayanaḥ kṛpamābhāṣya satvaram || 9 ||
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ghaṭṭayanniva marmāṇi tava putrasya māriṣa |
abhimanyuṃ raṇe dṛṣṭvā tadā raṇaviśāradam || 10 ||
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eṣa gacchati saubhadraḥ pārthānāmagrato yuvā |
nandayansuhṛdaḥ sarvānrājānaṃ ca yudhiṣṭhiram || 11 ||
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nakulaṃ sahadevaṃ ca bhīmasenaṃ ca pāṇḍavam |
bandhūnsaṃbandhinaścānyānmadhyasthānsuhṛdastathā || 12 ||
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nāsya yuddhe samaṃ manye kaṃcidanyaṃ dhanurdharam |
icchanhanyādimāṃ senāṃ kimarthamapi necchati || 13 ||
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droṇasya prītisaṃyuktaṃ śrutvā vākyaṃ tavātmajaḥ |
ārjuniṃ prati saṃkruddho droṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā smayanniva || 14 ||
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atha duryodhanaḥ karṇamabravīdbāhlikaṃ kṛpam |
duḥsāsanaṃ madrarājaṃ tāṃstāṃścānyānmahārathān || 15 ||
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sarvamūrdhāvasiktānāmācāryo brahmavittamaḥ |
arjunasya sutaṃ mūḍhaṃ nābhihantumihecchati || 16 ||
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na hyasya samare mucyedantako'pyātatāyinaḥ |
kimaṅga punarevānyo martyaḥ satyaṃ bravīmi vaḥ || 17 ||
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arjunasya sutaṃ tveṣa śiṣyatvādabhirakṣati |
putrāḥ śiṣyāśca dayitāstadapatyaṃ ca dharmiṇām || 18 ||
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saṃrakṣyamāṇo droṇena manyate vīryamātmanaḥ |
ātmasaṃbhāvito mūḍhastaṃ pramathnīta māciram || 19 ||
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evamuktāstu te rājñā sātvatīputramabhyayuḥ |
saṃrabdhāstaṃ jighāṃsanto bhāradvājasya paśyataḥ || 20 ||
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duḥśāsanastu tacchrutvā duryodhanavacastadā |
abravītkuruśārdūlo duryodhanamidaṃ vacaḥ || 21 ||
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ahamenaṃ haniṣyāmi mahārāja bravīmi te |
miṣatāṃ pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ pāñcālānāṃ ca paśyatām |
grasiṣyāmyadya saubhadraṃ yathā rāhurdivākaram || 22 ||
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utkruśya cābravīdvākyaṃ kururājamidaṃ punaḥ |
śrutvā kṛṣṇau mayā grastaṃ saubhadramatimāninau |
gamiṣyataḥ pretalokaṃ jīvalokānna saṃśayaḥ || 23 ||
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tau ca śrutvā mṛtau vyaktaṃ pāṇḍoḥ kṣetrodbhavāḥ sutāḥ |
ekāhnā sasuhṛdvargāḥ klaibyāddhāsyanti jīvitam || 24 ||
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tasmādasminhate śatrau hatāḥ sarve'hitāstava |
śivena dhyāhi mā rājanneṣa hanmi ripuṃ tava || 25 ||
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evamuktvā nadanrājanputro duḥśāsanastava |
saubhadramabhyayātkruddhaḥ śaravarṣairavākiran || 26 ||
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tamabhikruddhamāyāntaṃ tava putramariṃdamaḥ |
abhimanyuḥ śaraistīkṣṇaiḥ ṣaḍviṃśatyā samarpayat || 27 ||
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duḥśāsanastu saṃkruddhaḥ prabhinna iva kuñjaraḥ |
ayodhayata saubhadramabhimanyuśca taṃ raṇe || 28 ||
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tau maṇḍalāni citrāṇi rathābhyāṃ savyadakṣiṇam |
caramāṇāvayudhyetāṃ rathaśikṣāviśāradau || 29 ||
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atha paṇavamṛdaṅgadundubhīnāṃ kṛkaramahānakabherijharjharāṇām |
ninadamatibhṛśaṃ narāḥ pracakrurlavaṇajalodbhavasiṃhanādamiśram || 30 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Chapter 38

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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