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 8.57.69

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शरान्धकारे तु महात्मभिः कृते महामृधे योधवरैः परस्परम् ।
बभुर्दशाशा न दिवं च पार्थिव प्रभा च सूर्यस्य तमोवृताभवत् ॥ ६९ ॥

śarāndhakāre tu mahātmabhiḥ kṛte mahāmṛdhe yodhavaraiḥ parasparam |
babhurdaśāśā na divaṃ ca pārthiva prabhā ca sūryasya tamovṛtābhavat || 69 ||

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

...that assembly and became the spectators of that game. Indeed, as regards the parties engaged in that game of battle, either victory or defeat was certain. Those two then, Karna and Arjuna, for victory or the reverse...
English translation by Kisari Mohan Ganguly (2013) Read online Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (8.57.69). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shara, Dhakara, Mahatman, Krite, Krit, Krita, Kriti, Mahamridha, Yodha, Vara, Parasparam, Paraspara, Dasha, Dashan, Ashas, Div, Diva, Parthiva, Prabha, Surya, Tamovrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 8.57.69). 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: “śarāndhakāre tu mahātmabhiḥ kṛte mahāmṛdhe yodhavaraiḥ parasparam ”
śarān -
śara (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
dhakāre -
dhakāra (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
mahātmabhiḥ -
mahātman (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

mahātman (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
kṛte -
kṛte (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kṛte (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

kṛt (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

kṛt (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

kṛta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

kṛta (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

kṛtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

kṛti (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

kṛti (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 1 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 2 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 5 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ -> kṛtā (participle, feminine)

[nominative dual from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[present middle third single]
mahāmṛdhe -
mahāmṛdha (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
yodha -
yodha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
varaiḥ -
vara (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

vara (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
parasparam -
parasparam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

paraspara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

paraspara (noun, neuter)

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

parasparā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “babhurdaśāśā na divaṃ ca pārthiva prabhā ca sūryasya tamovṛtābhavat ”
babhur -
√bhā (verb class 2)

[perfect active third plural]
daśā -
daśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

daśa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

daśan (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

daśan (noun, neuter)

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

daśā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√daṃś (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
aśā* -
aśas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√śā (verb class 3)

[aorist active second single]

√śā (verb class 4)

[aorist active second single]

√śās (verb class 2)

[imperfect active second single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
divam -
diva (noun, neuter)

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

divan (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

divā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

div (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pārthiva -
pārthiva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pārthiva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
prabhā -
prabhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sūryasya -
sūrya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

sūrya (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√sūr -> sūrya (participle, masculine)

[genitive single from √sūr class 4 verb], [genitive single from √sūr class 10 verb]

√sūr -> sūrya (participle, neuter)

[genitive single from √sūr class 4 verb], [genitive single from √sūr class 10 verb]
tamovṛtā -
tamovṛta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tamovṛta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tamovṛtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
abhavat -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[imperfect active third single]

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The complete Mahabharata (12 Volumes)
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4900 pages; [Publisher: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.] ISBN: ‎ 812150094X or 9788121500944;

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Preview of verse 8.57.69 in Kannada sript:
ಶರಾನ್ಧಕಾರೇ ತು ಮಹಾತ್ಮಭಿಃ ಕೃತೇ ಮಹಾಮೃಧೇ ಯೋಧವರೈಃ ಪರಸ್ಪರಮ್ ।
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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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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 8.57.69 in Bengali sript:
শরান্ধকারে তু মহাত্মভিঃ কৃতে মহামৃধে যোধবরৈঃ পরস্পরম্ ।
বভুর্দশাশা ন দিবং চ পার্থিব প্রভা চ সূর্যস্য তমোবৃতাভবত্ ॥ ৬৯ ॥

Mahabharat in Gujarati (20 Volumes)
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Preview of verse 8.57.69 in Gujarati sript:
શરાન્ધકારે તુ મહાત્મભિઃ કૃતે મહામૃધે યોધવરૈઃ પરસ્પરમ્ ।
બભુર્દશાશા ન દિવં ચ પાર્થિવ પ્રભા ચ સૂર્યસ્ય તમોવૃતાભવત્ ॥ ૬૯ ॥

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

1681 pages; [Publisher: Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur]

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Preview of verse 8.57.69 in Malayalam sript:
ശരാന്ധകാരേ തു മഹാത്മഭിഃ കൃതേ മഹാമൃധേ യോധവരൈഃ പരസ്പരമ് ।
ബഭുര്ദശാശാ ന ദിവം ച പാര്ഥിവ പ്രഭാ ച സൂര്യസ്യ തമോവൃതാഭവത് ॥ ൬൯ ॥

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

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Preview of verse 8.57.69 in Telugu sript:
శరాన్ధకారే తు మహాత్మభిః కృతే మహామృధే యోధవరైః పరస్పరమ్ ।
బభుర్దశాశా న దివం చ పార్థివ ప్రభా చ సూర్యస్య తమోవృతాభవత్ ॥ ౬౯ ॥

Last Updated: 17 September, 2021