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 8.65.23

प्रादुष्करोम्येष महास्त्रमुग्रं शिवाय लोकस्य वधाय सौतेः ।
तन्मेऽनुजानातु भवान्सुराश्च ब्रह्मा भवो ब्रह्मविदश्च सर्वे ॥ २३ ॥

prāduṣkaromyeṣa mahāstramugraṃ śivāya lokasya vadhāya sauteḥ |
tanme'nujānātu bhavānsurāśca brahmā bhavo brahmavidaśca sarve || 23 ||

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

...fire to the house of lac at Varanavata for burning to death the sleeping Pandavas. Whither then, O son of Radha, had this virtue of thine gone? You laughedest at Krishna while she stood in the midst of the assembly...

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

Pra, Dushkara, Umya, Isha, Ishan, Mahastra, Ugra, Shiva, Loka, Vadha, Sauti, Tat, Tad, Tan, Asmad, Anuja, Bhava, Bhavant, Sura, Brahma, Bhu, Brahmavid, Sarva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 8.65.23). 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: “prāduṣkaromyeṣa mahāstramugraṃ śivāya lokasya vadhāya sauteḥ
  • prā -
  • prā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • duṣkaro -
  • duṣkara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    duṣkara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    duṣkarā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • umye -
  • umya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • iṣa -
  • iṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    iṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    iṣan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • mahāstram -
  • mahāstra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ugram -
  • ugra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ugra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ugrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • śivāya -
  • śiva (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    śiva (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • lokasya -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • vadhāya -
  • vadha (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • sauteḥ -
  • sauti (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “tanme'nujānātu bhavānsurāśca brahmā bhavo brahmavidaśca sarve
  • tan -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • me' -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • anujān -
  • anuja (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ātu -
  • ātu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • bhavān -
  • bhava (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    bhavant (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • surāś -
  • sura (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    surā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • brahmā* -
  • brahma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    brahmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bhavo* -
  • bhava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    bhu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    bhu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • brahmavidaś -
  • brahmavid (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    brahmavid (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sarve -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 8.65.23

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 8.65.23 in Kannada sript:
ಪ್ರಾದುಷ್ಕರೋಮ್ಯೇಷ ಮಹಾಸ್ತ್ರಮುಗ್ರಂ ಶಿವಾಯ ಲೋಕಸ್ಯ ವಧಾಯ ಸೌತೇಃ ।
ತನ್ಮೇಽನುಜಾನಾತು ಭವಾನ್ಸುರಾಶ್ಚ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾ ಭವೋ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮವಿದಶ್ಚ ಸರ್ವೇ ॥ ೨೩ ॥

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 8.65.23 in Bengali sript:
প্রাদুষ্করোম্যেষ মহাস্ত্রমুগ্রং শিবায লোকস্য বধায সৌতেঃ ।
তন্মেঽনুজানাতু ভবান্সুরাশ্চ ব্রহ্মা ভবো ব্রহ্মবিদশ্চ সর্বে ॥ ২৩ ॥

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 8.65.23 in Gujarati sript:
પ્રાદુષ્કરોમ્યેષ મહાસ્ત્રમુગ્રં શિવાય લોકસ્ય વધાય સૌતેઃ ।
તન્મેઽનુજાનાતુ ભવાન્સુરાશ્ચ બ્રહ્મા ભવો બ્રહ્મવિદશ્ચ સર્વે ॥ ૨૩ ॥

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 8.65.23 in Malayalam sript:
പ്രാദുഷ്കരോമ്യേഷ മഹാസ്ത്രമുഗ്രം ശിവായ ലോകസ്യ വധായ സൌതേഃ ।
തന്മേഽനുജാനാതു ഭവാന്സുരാശ്ച ബ്രഹ്മാ ഭവോ ബ്രഹ്മവിദശ്ച സര്വേ ॥ ൨൩ ॥

Cover of edition (2018)

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

7248pages

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Preview of verse 8.65.23 in Telugu sript:
ప్రాదుష్కరోమ్యేష మహాస్త్రముగ్రం శివాయ లోకస్య వధాయ సౌతేః ।
తన్మేఽనుజానాతు భవాన్సురాశ్చ బ్రహ్మా భవో బ్రహ్మవిదశ్చ సర్వే ॥ ౨౩ ॥

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