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 79

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saṃjaya uvāca |
tāvakāstu samīkṣyaiva vṛṣṇyandhakakurūttamau |
prāgatvarañjighāṃsantastathaiva vijayaḥ parān || 1 ||
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suvarṇacitrairvaiyāghraiḥ svanavadbhirmahārathaiḥ |
dīpayanto diśaḥ sarvā jvaladbhiriva pāvakaiḥ || 2 ||
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rukmapṛṣṭhaiśca duṣprekṣyaiḥ kārmukaiḥ pṛthivīpate |
kūjadbhiratulānnādānroṣitairuragairiva || 3 ||
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bhūriśravāḥ śalaḥ karṇo vṛṣaseno jayadrathaḥ |
kṛpaśca madrarājaśca drauṇiśca rathināṃ varaḥ || 4 ||
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te pibanta ivākāśamaśvairaṣṭau mahārathāḥ |
vyarājayandaśa diśo vaiyāghrairhemacandrakaiḥ || 5 ||
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te daṃśitāḥ susaṃrabdhā rathairmeghaughanisvanaiḥ |
samāvṛṇvandiśaḥ sarvāḥ pārthaṃ ca viśikhaiḥ śitaiḥ || 6 ||
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kaulūtakā hayāścitrā vahantastānmahārathān |
vyaśobhanta tadā śīghrā dīpayanto diśo daśa || 7 ||
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ājāneyairmahāvegairnānādeśasamutthitaiḥ |
pārvatīyairnadījaiśca saindhavaiśca hayottamaiḥ || 8 ||
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kuruyodhavarā rājaṃstava putraṃ parīpsavaḥ |
dhanaṃjayarathaṃ śīghraṃ sarvataḥ samupādravan || 9 ||
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te pragṛhya mahāśaṅkhāndadhmuḥ puruṣasattamāḥ |
pūrayanto divaṃ rājanpṛthivīṃ ca sasāgarām || 10 ||
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tathaiva dadhmatuḥ śaṅkhau vāsudevadhanaṃjayau |
pravarau sarvabhūtānāṃ sarvaśaṅkhavarau bhuvi |
devadattaṃ ca kaunteyaḥ pāñcajanyaṃ ca keśavaḥ || 11 ||
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śabdastu devadattasya dhanaṃjayasamīritaḥ |
pṛthivīṃ cāntarikṣaṃ ca diśaścaiva samāvṛṇot || 12 ||
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tathaiva pāñcajanyo'pi vāsudevasamīritaḥ |
sarvaśabdānatikramya pūrayāmāsa rodasī || 13 ||
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tasmiṃstathā vartamāne dāruṇe nādasaṃkule |
bhīrūṇāṃ trāsajanane śūrāṇāṃ harṣavardhane || 14 ||
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pravāditāsu bherīṣu jharjhareṣvānakeṣu ca |
mṛdaṅgeṣu ca rājendra vādyamāneṣvanekaśaḥ || 15 ||
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mahārathasamākhyātā duryodhanahitaiṣiṇaḥ |
amṛṣyamāṇāstaṃ śabdaṃ kruddhāḥ paramadhanvinaḥ |
nānādeśyā mahīpālāḥ svasainyaparirakṣiṇaḥ || 16 ||
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amarṣitā mahāśaṅkhāndadhmurvīrā mahārathāḥ |
kṛte pratikariṣyantaḥ keśavasyārjunasya ca || 17 ||
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babhūva tava tatsainyaṃ śaṅkhaśabdasamīritam |
udvignarathanāgāśvamasvasthamiva cābhibho || 18 ||
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tatprayuktamivākāśaṃ śūraiḥ śaṅkhanināditam |
babhūva bhṛśamudvignaṃ nirghātairiva nāditam || 19 ||
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sa śabdaḥ sumahānrājandiśaḥ sarvā vyanādayat |
trāsayāmāsa tatsainyaṃ yugānta iva saṃbhṛtaḥ || 20 ||
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tato duryodhano'ṣṭau ca rājānaste mahārathāḥ |
jayadrathasya rakṣārthaṃ pāṇḍavaṃ paryavārayan || 21 ||
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tato drauṇistrisaptatyā vāsudevamatāḍayat |
arjunaṃ ca tribhirbhallairdhvajamaśvāṃśca pañcabhiḥ || 22 ||
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tamarjunaḥ pṛṣatkānāṃ śataiḥ ṣaḍbhiratāḍayat |
atyarthamiva saṃkruddhaḥ pratividdhe janārdane || 23 ||
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karṇaṃ dvādaśabhirviddhvā vṛṣasenaṃ tribhistathā |
śalyasya saśaraṃ cāpaṃ muṣṭau ciccheda vīryavān || 24 ||
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gṛhītvā dhanuranyattu śalyo vivyādha pāṇḍavam |
bhūriśravāstribhirbāṇairhemapuṅkhaiḥ śilāśitaiḥ || 25 ||
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karṇo dvātriṃśatā caiva vṛṣasenaśca pañcabhiḥ |
jayadrathastrisaptatyā kṛpaśca daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ |
madrarājaśca daśabhirvivyadhuḥ phalgunaṃ raṇe || 26 ||
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tataḥ śarāṇāṃ ṣaṣṭyā tu drauṇiḥ pārthamavākirat |
vāsudevaṃ ca saptatyā punaḥ pārthaṃ ca pañcabhiḥ || 27 ||
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prahasaṃstu naravyāghraḥ śvetāśvaḥ kṛṣṇasārathiḥ |
pratyavidhyatsa tānsarvāndarśayanpāṇilāghavam || 28 ||
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karṇaṃ dvādaśabhirviddhvā vṛṣasenaṃ tribhiḥ śaraiḥ |
śalyasya samare cāpaṃ muṣṭideśe nyakṛntata || 29 ||
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saumadattiṃ tribhirviddhvā śalyaṃ ca daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ |
śitairagniśikhākārairdrauṇiṃ vivyādha cāṣṭabhiḥ || 30 ||
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gautamaṃ pañcaviṃśatyā śaindhavaṃ ca śatena ha |
punardrauṇiṃ ca saptatyā śarāṇāṃ so'bhyatāḍayat || 31 ||
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bhūriśravāstu saṃkruddhaḥ pratodaṃ cicchide hareḥ |
arjunaṃ ca trisaptatyā bāṇānāmājaghāna ha || 32 ||
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tataḥ śaraśataistīkṣṇaistānarīñśvetavāhanaḥ |
pratyaṣedhaddrutaṃ kruddho mahāvāto ghanāniva || 33 ||
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Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Chapter 79

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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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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