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 7.97.3

किं नु वक्ष्यन्ति ते क्षात्रं सैन्यमध्ये पराजिताः ।
कथं च सात्यकिर्युद्धे व्यतिक्रान्तो महायशाः ॥ ३ ॥

kiṃ nu vakṣyanti te kṣātraṃ sainyamadhye parājitāḥ |
kathaṃ ca sātyakiryuddhe vyatikrānto mahāyaśāḥ || 3 ||

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

...foremost of cars, cut off, by means of his own excellent shafts in two or three fragments all the shafts that Satyaki, resembling Indra himself, sped at him. Beholding his shafts baffled...

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

Kim, Vakshyat, Vakshyanti, Tad, Yushmad, Kshatra, Sainyamadhya, Parajita, Katham, Katha, Satyaki, Yuddha, Vyatikranta, Mahayashas, Mahayasha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 7.97.3). 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: “kiṃ nu vakṣyanti te kṣātraṃ sainyamadhye parājitāḥ
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • nu -
  • nu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    nu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    nau (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • vakṣyanti -
  • vac -> vakṣyat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √vac class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √vac class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √vac class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √vac class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √vac class 3 verb]
    vac -> vakṣyantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √vac class 2 verb], [vocative single from √vac class 3 verb]
    vah -> vakṣyat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √vah class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vah class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √vah class 1 verb]
    vah -> vakṣyantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √vah class 1 verb]
    vac (verb class 2)
    [future active third plural]
    vac (verb class 3)
    [future active third plural]
    vah (verb class 1)
    [future active third plural]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • kṣātram -
  • kṣātra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kṣātra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • sainyamadhye -
  • sainyamadhya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    sainyamadhya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • parājitāḥ -
  • parājita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    parājitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “kathaṃ ca sātyakiryuddhe vyatikrānto mahāyaśāḥ
  • 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]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sātyakir -
  • sātyaki (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • yuddhe -
  • yuddha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    yuddha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    yuddhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    yudh -> yuddha (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [locative single from √yudh class 4 verb]
    yudh -> yuddha (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [locative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √yudh class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √yudh class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √yudh class 4 verb], [locative single from √yudh class 4 verb]
    yudh -> yuddhā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √yudh class 4 verb], [vocative single from √yudh class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √yudh class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √yudh class 4 verb]
  • vyatikrānto* -
  • vyatikrānta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • mahāyaśāḥ -
  • mahāyaśas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    mahāyaśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    mahāyaśā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 7.97.3

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 7.97.3 in Kannada sript:
ಕಿಂ ನು ವಕ್ಷ್ಯನ್ತಿ ತೇ ಕ್ಷಾತ್ರಂ ಸೈನ್ಯಮಧ್ಯೇ ಪರಾಜಿತಾಃ ।
ಕಥಂ ಚ ಸಾತ್ಯಕಿರ್ಯುದ್ಧೇ ವ್ಯತಿಕ್ರಾನ್ತೋ ಮಹಾಯಶಾಃ ॥ ೩ ॥

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 7.97.3 in Bengali sript:
কিং নু বক্ষ্যন্তি তে ক্ষাত্রং সৈন্যমধ্যে পরাজিতাঃ ।
কথং চ সাত্যকির্যুদ্ধে ব্যতিক্রান্তো মহাযশাঃ ॥ ৩ ॥

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 7.97.3 in Gujarati sript:
કિં નુ વક્ષ્યન્તિ તે ક્ષાત્રં સૈન્યમધ્યે પરાજિતાઃ ।
કથં ચ સાત્યકિર્યુદ્ધે વ્યતિક્રાન્તો મહાયશાઃ ॥ ૩ ॥

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 7.97.3 in Malayalam sript:
കിം നു വക്ഷ്യന്തി തേ ക്ഷാത്രം സൈന്യമധ്യേ പരാജിതാഃ ।
കഥം ച സാത്യകിര്യുദ്ധേ വ്യതിക്രാന്തോ മഹായശാഃ ॥ ൩ ॥

Cover of edition (2018)

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

7248pages

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Preview of verse 7.97.3 in Telugu sript:
కిం ను వక్ష్యన్తి తే క్షాత్రం సైన్యమధ్యే పరాజితాః ।
కథం చ సాత్యకిర్యుద్ధే వ్యతిక్రాన్తో మహాయశాః ॥ ౩ ॥

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