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 8.30.38

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ब्राह्मणेन तथा प्रोक्तं विदुषा साधुसंसदि ।
काष्ठकुण्डेषु बाह्लीका मृण्मयेषु च भुञ्जते ।
सक्तुवाट्यावलिप्तेषु श्वादिलीढेषु निर्घृणाः ॥ ३८ ॥

brāhmaṇena tathā proktaṃ viduṣā sādhusaṃsadi |
kāṣṭhakuṇḍeṣu bāhlīkā mṛṇmayeṣu ca bhuñjate |
saktuvāṭyāvalipteṣu śvādilīḍheṣu nirghṛṇāḥ || 38 ||

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

...Each of those heroes, standing by the side of Yudhishthira’s car, looked resplendent like the constellation Punarvasu by the side of the moon. Yudhishthira, however, once more pierced Karna with thirty arrows....
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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 (8.30.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmana, Tatha, Prokta, Vidusha, Vidus, Vidvas, Sadhu, Samsad, Kashtha, Kunda, Bahlika, Mrinmaya, Vati, Vatya, Avalipta, Shvan, Lidha, Nirghrina,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 8.30.38). 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: “brāhmaṇena tathā proktaṃ viduṣā sādhusaṃsadi ”
brāhmaṇena -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
proktam -
prokta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

prokta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

proktā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
viduṣā -
viduṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

vidus (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vidus (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

vidvas (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vidvas (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

√vid -> vidvas (participle, masculine)

[instrumental single from √vid class 2 verb]

√vid -> vidvas (participle, neuter)

[instrumental single from √vid class 2 verb]
sādhu -
sādhu (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sādhu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

sādhu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

sādhu (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
saṃsadi -
saṃsad (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

saṃsad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

saṃsad (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
Line 2: “kāṣṭhakuṇḍeṣu bāhlīkā mṛṇmayeṣu ca bhuñjate ”
kāṣṭha -
kāṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kāṣṭha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kuṇḍeṣu -
kuṇḍa (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

kuṇḍa (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
bāhlīkā* -
bāhlīka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

bāhlīkā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
mṛṇmayeṣu -
mṛṇmaya (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

mṛṇmaya (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhuñjate -
√bhuj (verb class 7)

[present middle third plural]
Line 3: “saktuvāṭyāvalipteṣu śvādilīḍheṣu nirghṛṇāḥ ”
saktu -
saktu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
vāṭyā -
vāṭya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vāṭya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vāṭi (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

vāṭī (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

vāṭyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vaṭ -> vāṭya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √vaṭ class 1 verb]

√vaṭ -> vāṭya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √vaṭ class 1 verb]

√vaṭ -> vāṭyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √vaṭ class 1 verb]
avalipteṣu -
avalipta (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

avalipta (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
śvā -
śvan (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]
adi -
ad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ad (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
līḍheṣu -
līḍha (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

līḍha (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]

√lih -> līḍha (participle, masculine)

[locative plural from √lih class 2 verb]

√lih -> līḍha (participle, neuter)

[locative plural from √lih class 2 verb]
nirghṛṇāḥ -
nirghṛṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

nirghṛṇā (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 8.30.38

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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Preview of verse 8.30.38 in Kannada sript:
ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣೇನ ತಥಾ ಪ್ರೋಕ್ತಂ ವಿದುಷಾ ಸಾಧುಸಂಸದಿ ।
ಕಾಷ್ಠಕುಣ್ಡೇಷು ಬಾಹ್ಲೀಕಾ ಮೃಣ್ಮಯೇಷು ಚ ಭುಞ್ಜತೇ ।
ಸಕ್ತುವಾಟ್ಯಾವಲಿಪ್ತೇಷು ಶ್ವಾದಿಲೀಢೇಷು ನಿರ್ಘೃಣಾಃ ॥ ೩೮ ॥

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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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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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 8.30.38 in Bengali sript:
ব্রাহ্মণেন তথা প্রোক্তং বিদুষা সাধুসংসদি ।
কাষ্ঠকুণ্ডেষু বাহ্লীকা মৃণ্মযেষু চ ভুঞ্জতে ।
সক্তুবাট্যাবলিপ্তেষু শ্বাদিলীঢেষু নির্ঘৃণাঃ ॥ ৩৮ ॥

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 8.30.38 in Gujarati sript:
બ્રાહ્મણેન તથા પ્રોક્તં વિદુષા સાધુસંસદિ ।
કાષ્ઠકુણ્ડેષુ બાહ્લીકા મૃણ્મયેષુ ચ ભુઞ્જતે ।
સક્તુવાટ્યાવલિપ્તેષુ શ્વાદિલીઢેષુ નિર્ઘૃણાઃ ॥ ૩૮ ॥

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

1681 pages; [Publisher: Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur]

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Preview of verse 8.30.38 in Malayalam sript:
ബ്രാഹ്മണേന തഥാ പ്രോക്തം വിദുഷാ സാധുസംസദി ।
കാഷ്ഠകുണ്ഡേഷു ബാഹ്ലീകാ മൃണ്മയേഷു ച ഭുഞ്ജതേ ।
സക്തുവാട്യാവലിപ്തേഷു ശ്വാദിലീഢേഷു നിര്ഘൃണാഃ ॥ ൩൮ ॥

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

7248pages

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Preview of verse 8.30.38 in Telugu sript:
బ్రాహ్మణేన తథా ప్రోక్తం విదుషా సాధుసంసది ।
కాష్ఠకుణ్డేషు బాహ్లీకా మృణ్మయేషు చ భుఞ్జతే ।
సక్తువాట్యావలిప్తేషు శ్వాదిలీఢేషు నిర్ఘృణాః ॥ ౩౮ ॥

Last Updated: 17 September, 2021