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).

Verse 7.48.51

पिबन्ति चाश्नन्ति च यत्र दुर्दृशाः पिशाचसंघा विविधाः सुभैरवाः ।
सुनन्दिताः प्राणभृतां भयंकराः समानभक्षाः श्वसृगालपक्षिणः ॥ ५१ ॥

pibanti cāśnanti ca yatra durdṛśāḥ piśācasaṃghā vividhāḥ subhairavāḥ |
sunanditāḥ prāṇabhṛtāṃ bhayaṃkarāḥ samānabhakṣāḥ śvasṛgālapakṣiṇaḥ || 51 ||

Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.

...infinite energy, it is the wind that will rive the bodies of living creatures. It will, in this matter put forth no active energy, nor will it suspend its functions; (but do this naturally...

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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 (7.48.51). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pibat, Pibanti, Ashnat, Yatra, Durdrisha, Pishaca, Sangha, Vividha, Subhairava, Sunandi, Tas, Pranabhrit, Pranabhrita, Bhayankara, Samana, Bhaksha, Shvasrigala, Pakshin, Pakshi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 7.48.51). 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: “pibanti cāśnanti ca yatra durdṛśāḥ piśācasaṃghā vividhāḥ subhairavāḥ
  • pibanti -
  • pibantī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    pibantī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    pibantī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    -> pibat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √ class 1 verb]
    -> pibantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √ class 1 verb]
    pibat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aśnanti -
  • aśnat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yatra -
  • yatra (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yatra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yatra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • durdṛśāḥ -
  • durdṛśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    durdṛśā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • piśāca -
  • piśāca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • saṅghā* -
  • saṅgha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • vividhāḥ -
  • vividha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vividhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • subhairavāḥ -
  • subhairava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • Line 2: “sunanditāḥ prāṇabhṛtāṃ bhayaṃkarāḥ samānabhakṣāḥ śvasṛgālapakṣiṇaḥ
  • sunandi -
  • sunandī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    sunandī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    sunandī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tāḥ -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • prāṇabhṛtām -
  • prāṇabhṛt (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    prāṇabhṛt (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    prāṇabhṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • bhayaṅkarāḥ -
  • bhayaṅkara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • samāna -
  • samāna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhakṣāḥ -
  • bhakṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    bhakṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • śvasṛgāla -
  • śvasṛgāla (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pakṣiṇaḥ -
  • pakṣin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    pakṣin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    pakṣī (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 7.48.51

Cover of edition (2013)

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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Cover of edition (2003)

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

ಶ್ರೇಮಹಭಾರತ [ಮಹಾಭಾರತ]; 13907 pages;

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Preview of verse 7.48.51 in Kannada sript:
ಪಿಬನ್ತಿ ಚಾಶ್ನನ್ತಿ ಚ ಯತ್ರ ದುರ್ದೃಶಾಃ ಪಿಶಾಚಸಂಘಾ ವಿವಿಧಾಃ ಸುಭೈರವಾಃ ।
ಸುನನ್ದಿತಾಃ ಪ್ರಾಣಭೃತಾಂ ಭಯಂಕರಾಃ ಸಮಾನಭಕ್ಷಾಃ ಶ್ವಸೃಗಾಲಪಕ್ಷಿಣಃ ॥ ೫೧ ॥

Cover of edition (2008)

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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Cover of edition (2017)

Mahabharata (Hindi Translation, Six Volumes)
by Sahityacharya Pandit Ramnarayandutt Shastri Pandey "Ram" (2017)

7350 pages; [महाभारत] [Publisher: Gita Press, Gorakhpur] 44 Color and Black/white illustrations.

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Cover of Bengali edition

The Mahabharata in Bengali (Two Volumes)
by Akshay Library, Kolkata (2019)

3049 pages; [মহাভারত] [মহার্ষী বদভ্যাস (Maharishi Vedvyas)]

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Preview of verse 7.48.51 in Bengali sript:
পিবন্তি চাশ্নন্তি চ যত্র দুর্দৃশাঃ পিশাচসংঘা বিবিধাঃ সুভৈরবাঃ ।
সুনন্দিতাঃ প্রাণভৃতাং ভযংকরাঃ সমানভক্ষাঃ শ্বসৃগালপক্ষিণঃ ॥ ৫১ ॥

Cover of Gujarati edition

Mahabharat in Gujarati (20 Volumes)
by Dinkar Joshi (દિનકર જોશી) (2010)

14252 pages; [મહાભારત] [Publisher: Pravin Prakashan Pvt. Ltd, Rajkot]

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Preview of verse 7.48.51 in Gujarati sript:
પિબન્તિ ચાશ્નન્તિ ચ યત્ર દુર્દૃશાઃ પિશાચસંઘા વિવિધાઃ સુભૈરવાઃ ।
સુનન્દિતાઃ પ્રાણભૃતાં ભયંકરાઃ સમાનભક્ષાઃ શ્વસૃગાલપક્ષિણઃ ॥ ૫૧ ॥

Cover of edition (2018)

Shri Mahabharatam in Malayalam (2 volumes)
by Swami Mridananda (2018)

1681 pages; [Publisher: Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur]

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Preview of verse 7.48.51 in Malayalam sript:
പിബന്തി ചാശ്നന്തി ച യത്ര ദുര്ദൃശാഃ പിശാചസംഘാ വിവിധാഃ സുഭൈരവാഃ ।
സുനന്ദിതാഃ പ്രാണഭൃതാം ഭയംകരാഃ സമാനഭക്ഷാഃ ശ്വസൃഗാലപക്ഷിണഃ ॥ ൫൧ ॥

Cover of edition (2018)

Mahabharata in Telugu (7 Volumes)
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2018)

7248pages

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Preview of verse 7.48.51 in Telugu sript:
పిబన్తి చాశ్నన్తి చ యత్ర దుర్దృశాః పిశాచసంఘా వివిధాః సుభైరవాః ।
సునన్దితాః ప్రాణభృతాం భయంకరాః సమానభక్షాః శ్వసృగాలపక్షిణః ॥ ౫౧ ॥

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