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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 8.57.57
स गाण्डिवाभ्यायतपूर्णमण्डलस्तपन्रिपूनर्जुनभास्करो बभौ ।
शरोग्ररश्मिः शुचिशुक्रमध्यगो यथैव सूर्यः परिवेषगस्तथा ॥ ५७ ॥
sa gāṇḍivābhyāyatapūrṇamaṇḍalastapanripūnarjunabhāskaro babhau |
śarograraśmiḥ śuciśukramadhyago yathaiva sūryaḥ pariveṣagastathā || 57 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
...excellent quivers and both looked exceedingly handsome. The limbs of both were smeared with red sandal-paste and both looked like infuriated bulls. Both were broad-necked like the lion, both were broad-chested...
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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 (8.57.57). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Gandiva, Abhi, Ayata, Purnamandala, Pat, Ripu, Arjuna, Bhaskara, Shara, Sharu, Sharan, Ugra, Rashmi, Shuc, Shuci, Shucin, Shukra, Adhi, Aga, Yatha, Suri, Surya, Parivesha, Tatha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 8.57.57). 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: “sa gāṇḍivābhyāyatapūrṇamaṇḍalastapanripūnarjunabhāskaro babhau ”
- sa -
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sa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- gāṇḍivā -
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gāṇḍiva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]gāṇḍiva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- abhyā -
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abhi (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]abhi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]abhi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]abhi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]abhī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]abhī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]abhī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- āyata -
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āyata (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]āyata (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pūrṇamaṇḍala -
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pūrṇamaṇḍala (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- sta -
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√as (verb class 2)[imperative active second plural]
- pan -
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pat (noun, masculine)[nominative single], [vocative single]
- ripūn -
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ripu (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- arjuna -
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arjuna (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]arjuna (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- bhāskaro* -
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bhāskara (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- babhau -
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√bhā (verb class 2)[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
- Line 2: “śarograraśmiḥ śuciśukramadhyago yathaiva sūryaḥ pariveṣagastathā ”
- śaro -
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śara (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]śara (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]śaran (noun, masculine)[compound], [nominative single]śaran (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śaru (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- ugra -
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ugra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ugra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- raśmiḥ -
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raśmi (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- śuci -
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śuci (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]śuci (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]śuci (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]śucin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]śucin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]śucī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]śucī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]śucī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]śuc (noun, feminine)[locative single]śuc (noun, masculine)[locative single]śuc (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- śukram -
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śukra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śukra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śukrā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- adhya -
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adhi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]adhi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]adhī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]adhī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]adhī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√dhā (verb class 1)[aorist middle first single]√dhā (verb class 2)[aorist middle first single]√dhā (verb class 3)[aorist middle first single]√dhā (verb class 4)[aorist middle first single]
- ago* -
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aga (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- yathai -
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yathā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]yathā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- aiva -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active first dual]
- sūryaḥ -
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sūrī (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]sūrya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√sūr -> sūrya (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √sūr class 4 verb], [nominative single from √sūr class 10 verb]
- pariveṣa -
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pariveṣa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- gas -
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ga (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tathā -
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tathā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tathā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 8.57.57
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;
Buy now!Preview of verse 8.57.57 in Kannada sript:
ಸ ಗಾಣ್ಡಿವಾಭ್ಯಾಯತಪೂರ್ಣಮಣ್ಡಲಸ್ತಪನ್ರಿಪೂನರ್ಜುನಭಾಸ್ಕರೋ ಬಭೌ ।
ಶರೋಗ್ರರಶ್ಮಿಃ ಶುಚಿಶುಕ್ರಮಧ್ಯಗೋ ಯಥೈವ ಸೂರ್ಯಃ ಪರಿವೇಷಗಸ್ತಥಾ ॥ ೫೭ ॥
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)]
Buy now!Preview of verse 8.57.57 in Bengali sript:
স গাণ্ডিবাভ্যাযতপূর্ণমণ্ডলস্তপন্রিপূনর্জুনভাস্করো বভৌ ।
শরোগ্ররশ্মিঃ শুচিশুক্রমধ্যগো যথৈব সূর্যঃ পরিবেষগস্তথা ॥ ৫৭ ॥
Mahabharat in Gujarati (20 Volumes)
by Dinkar Joshi (દિનકર જોશી) (2010)
14252 pages; [મહાભારત] [Publisher: Pravin Prakashan Pvt. Ltd, Rajkot]
Buy now!Preview of verse 8.57.57 in Gujarati sript:
સ ગાણ્ડિવાભ્યાયતપૂર્ણમણ્ડલસ્તપન્રિપૂનર્જુનભાસ્કરો બભૌ ।
શરોગ્રરશ્મિઃ શુચિશુક્રમધ્યગો યથૈવ સૂર્યઃ પરિવેષગસ્તથા ॥ ૫૭ ॥
Shri Mahabharatam in Malayalam (2 volumes)
by Swami Mridananda (2018)
1681 pages; [Publisher: Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur]
Buy now!Preview of verse 8.57.57 in Malayalam sript:
സ ഗാണ്ഡിവാഭ്യായതപൂര്ണമണ്ഡലസ്തപന്രിപൂനര്ജുനഭാസ്കരോ ബഭൌ ।
ശരോഗ്രരശ്മിഃ ശുചിശുക്രമധ്യഗോ യഥൈവ സൂര്യഃ പരിവേഷഗസ്തഥാ ॥ ൫൭ ॥
Mahabharata in Telugu (7 Volumes)
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2018)
7248pages
Buy now!Preview of verse 8.57.57 in Telugu sript:
స గాణ్డివాభ్యాయతపూర్ణమణ్డలస్తపన్రిపూనర్జునభాస్కరో బభౌ ।
శరోగ్రరశ్మిః శుచిశుక్రమధ్యగో యథైవ సూర్యః పరివేషగస్తథా ॥ ౫౭ ॥