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).

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
evaṃ tadabhavadyuddhaṃ tumulaṃ janamejaya |
yatra duḥkhānvito rājā dhṛtarāṣṭro'bravīdidam || 1 ||
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rāmaṃ saṃnihitaṃ dṛṣṭvā gadāyuddha upasthite |
mama putraḥ kathaṃ bhīmaṃ pratyayudhyata saṃjaya || 2 ||
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saṃjaya uvāca |
rāmasāṃnidhyamāsādya putro duryodhanastava |
yuddhakāmo mahābāhuḥ samahṛṣyata vīryavān || 3 ||
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dṛṣṭvā lāṅgalinaṃ rājā pratyutthāya ca bhārata |
prītyā paramayā yukto yudhiṣṭhiramathābravīt || 4 ||
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samantapañcakaṃ kṣipramito yāma viśāṃ pate |
prathitottaravedī sā devaloke prajāpateḥ || 5 ||
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tasminmahāpuṇyatame trailokyasya sanātane |
saṃgrāme nidhanaṃ prāpya dhruvaṃ svargo bhaviṣyati || 6 ||
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tathetyuktvā mahārāja kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |
samantapañcakaṃ vīraḥ prāyādabhimukhaḥ prabhuḥ || 7 ||
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tato duryodhano rājā pragṛhya mahatīṃ gadām |
padbhyāmamarṣāddyutimānagacchatpāṇḍavaiḥ saha || 8 ||
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tathā yāntaṃ gadāhastaṃ varmaṇā cāpi daṃśitam |
antarikṣagatā devāḥ sādhu sādhvityapūjayan |
vātikāśca narā ye'tra dṛṣṭvā te harṣamāgatāḥ || 9 ||
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sa pāṇḍavaiḥ parivṛtaḥ kururājastavātmajaḥ |
mattasyeva gajendrasya gatimāsthāya so'vrajat || 10 ||
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tataḥ śaṅkhaninādena bherīṇāṃ ca mahāsvanaiḥ |
siṃhanādaiśca śūrāṇāṃ diśaḥ sarvāḥ prapūritāḥ || 11 ||
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pratīcyabhimukhaṃ deśaṃ yathoddiṣṭaṃ sutena te |
gatvā ca taiḥ parikṣiptaṃ samantātsarvatodiśam || 12 ||
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dakṣiṇena sarasvatyāḥ svayanaṃ tīrthamuttamam |
tasmindeśe tvaniriṇe tatra yuddhamarocayan || 13 ||
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tato bhīmo mahākoṭiṃ gadāṃ gṛhyātha varmabhṛt |
bibhradrūpaṃ mahārāja sadṛśaṃ hi garutmataḥ || 14 ||
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avabaddhaśirastrāṇaḥ saṃkhye kāñcanavarmabhṛt |
rarāja rājanputraste kāñcanaḥ śailarāḍiva || 15 ||
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varmabhyāṃ saṃvṛtau vīrau bhīmaduryodhanāvubhau |
saṃyuge ca prakāśete saṃrabdhāviva kuñjarau || 16 ||
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raṇamaṇḍalamadhyasthau bhrātarau tau nararṣabhau |
aśobhetāṃ mahārāja candrasūryāvivoditau || 17 ||
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tāvanyonyaṃ nirīkṣetāṃ kruddhāviva mahādvipau |
dahantau locanai rājanparasparavadhaiṣiṇau || 18 ||
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saṃprahṛṣṭamanā rājangadāmādāya kauravaḥ |
sṛkkiṇī saṃlihanrājankrodharaktekṣaṇaḥ śvasan || 19 ||
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tato duryodhano rājā gadāmādāya vīryavān |
bhīmasenamabhiprekṣya gajo gajamivāhvayat || 20 ||
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adrisāramayīṃ bhīmastathaivādāya vīryavān |
āhvayāmāsa nṛpatiṃ siṃhaḥ siṃhaṃ yathā vane || 21 ||
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tāvudyatagadāpāṇī duryodhanavṛkodarau |
saṃyuge sma prakāśete girī saśikharāviva || 22 ||
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tāvubhāvabhisaṃkruddhāvubhau bhīmaparākramau |
ubhau śiṣyau gadāyuddhe rauhiṇeyasya dhīmataḥ || 23 ||
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ubhau sadṛśakarmāṇau yamavāsavayoriva |
tathā sadṛśakarmāṇau varuṇasya mahābalau || 24 ||
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vāsudevasya rāmasya tathā vaiśravaṇasya ca |
sadṛśau tau mahārāja madhukaiṭabhayoryudhi || 25 ||
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ubhau sadṛśakarmāṇau raṇe sundopasundayoḥ |
tathaiva kālasya samau mṛtyoścaiva paraṃtapau || 26 ||
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anyonyamabhidhāvantau mattāviva mahādvipau |
vāśitāsaṃgame dṛptau śaradīva madotkaṭau || 27 ||
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mattāviva jigīṣantau mātaṅgau bharatarṣabhau |
ubhau krodhaviṣaṃ dīptaṃ vamantāvuragāviva || 28 ||
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anyonyamabhisaṃrabdhau prekṣamāṇāvariṃdamau |
ubhau bharataśārdūlau vikrameṇa samanvitau || 29 ||
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siṃhāviva durādharṣau gadāyuddhe paraṃtapau |
nakhadaṃṣṭrāyudhau vīrau vyāghrāviva durutsahau || 30 ||
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prajāsaṃharaṇe kṣubdhau samudrāviva dustarau |
lohitāṅgāviva kruddhau pratapantau mahārathau || 31 ||
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raśmimantau mahātmānau dīptimantau mahābalau |
dadṛśāte kuruśreṣṭhau kālasūryāvivoditau || 32 ||
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vyāghrāviva susaṃrabdhau garjantāviva toyadau |
jahṛṣāte mahābāhū siṃhau kesariṇāviva || 33 ||
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gajāviva susaṃrabdhau jvalitāviva pāvakau |
dadṛśustau mahātmānau saśṛṅgāviva parvatau || 34 ||
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roṣātprasphuramāṇoṣṭhau nirīkṣantau parasparam |
tau sametau mahātmānau gadāhastau narottamau || 35 ||
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ubhau paramasaṃhṛṣṭāvubhau paramasaṃmatau |
sadaśvāviva heṣantau bṛṃhantāviva kuñjarau || 36 ||
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vṛṣabhāviva garjantau duryodhanavṛkodarau |
daityāviva balonmattau rejatustau narottamau || 37 ||
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tato duryodhano rājannidamāha yudhiṣṭhiram |
sṛñjayaiḥ saha tiṣṭhantaṃ tapantamiva bhāskaram || 38 ||
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idaṃ vyavasitaṃ yuddhaṃ mama bhīmasya cobhayoḥ |
upopaviṣṭāḥ paśyadhvaṃ vimardaṃ nṛpasattamāḥ || 39 ||
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tataḥ samupaviṣṭaṃ tatsumahadrājamaṇḍalam |
virājamānaṃ dadṛśe divīvādityamaṇḍalam || 40 ||
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teṣāṃ madhye mahābāhuḥ śrīmānkeśavapūrvajaḥ |
upaviṣṭo mahārāja pūjyamānaḥ samantataḥ || 41 ||
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śuśubhe rājamadhyastho nīlavāsāḥ sitaprabhaḥ |
nakṣatrairiva saṃpūrṇo vṛto niśi niśākaraḥ || 42 ||
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tau tathā tu mahārāja gadāhastau durāsadau |
anyonyaṃ vāgbhirugrābhistakṣamāṇau vyavasthitau || 43 ||
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apriyāṇi tato'nyonyamuktvā tau kurupuṃgavau |
udīkṣantau sthitau vīrau vṛtraśakrāvivāhave || 44 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Chapter 54

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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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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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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Cover of edition (2018)

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

1681 pages; [Publisher: Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur]

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Cover of edition (2018)

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

7248pages

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