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).

saṃjaya uvāca |
tato duryodhano dṛṣṭvā bhīmasenaṃ tathāgatam |
pratyudyayāvadīnātmā vegena mahatā nadan || 1 ||
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samāpetaturānadya śṛṅgiṇau vṛṣabhāviva |
mahānirghātaghoṣaśca saṃprahārastayorabhūt || 2 ||
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abhavacca tayoryuddhaṃ tumulaṃ romaharṣaṇam |
jigīṣatoryudhānyonyamindraprahrādayoriva || 3 ||
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rudhirokṣitasarvāṅgau gadāhastau manasvinau |
dadṛśāte mahātmānau puṣpitāviva kiṃśukau || 4 ||
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tathā tasminmahāyuddhe vartamāne sudāruṇe |
khadyotasaṃghairiva khaṃ darśanīyaṃ vyarocata || 5 ||
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tathā tasminvartamāne saṃkule tumule bhṛśam |
ubhāvapi pariśrāntau yudhyamānāvariṃdamau || 6 ||
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tau muhūrtaṃ samāśvasya punareva paraṃtapau |
abhyahārayatāṃ tatra saṃpragṛhya gade śubhe || 7 ||
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tau tu dṛṣṭvā mahāvīryau samāśvastau nararṣabhau |
balinau vāraṇau yadvadvāśitārthe madotkaṭau || 8 ||
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apāravīryau saṃprekṣya pragṛhītagadāvubhau |
vismayaṃ paramaṃ jagmurdevagandharvadānavāḥ || 9 ||
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pragṛhītagadau dṛṣṭvā duryodhanavṛkodarau |
saṃśayaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ vijaye samapadyata || 10 ||
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samāgamya tato bhūyo bhrātarau balināṃ varau |
anyonyasyāntaraprepsū pracakrāte'ntaraṃ prati || 11 ||
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yamadaṇḍopamāṃ gurvīmindrāśanimivodyatām |
dadṛśuḥ prekṣakā rājanraudrīṃ viśasanīṃ gadām || 12 ||
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āvidhyato gadāṃ tasya bhīmasenasya saṃyuge |
śabdaḥ sutumulo ghoro muhūrtaṃ samapadyata || 13 ||
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āvidhyantamabhiprekṣya dhārtarāṣṭro'tha pāṇḍavam |
gadāmalaghuvegāṃ tāṃ vismitaḥ saṃbabhūva ha || 14 ||
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caraṃśca vividhānmārgānmaṇḍalāni ca bhārata |
aśobhata tadā vīro bhūya eva vṛkodaraḥ || 15 ||
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tau parasparamāsādya yattāvanyonyarakṣaṇe |
mārjārāviva bhakṣārthe tatakṣāte muhurmuhuḥ || 16 ||
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acaradbhīmasenastu mārgānbahuvidhāṃstathā |
maṇḍalāni vicitrāṇi sthānāni vividhāni ca || 17 ||
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gomūtrikāṇi citrāṇi gatapratyāgatāni ca |
parimokṣaṃ prahārāṇāṃ varjanaṃ paridhāvanam || 18 ||
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abhidravaṇamākṣepamavasthānaṃ savigraham |
parāvartanasaṃvartamavaplutamathāplutam |
upanyastamapanyastaṃ gadāyuddhaviśāradau || 19 ||
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evaṃ tau vicarantau tu nyaghnatāṃ vai parasparam |
vañcayantau punaścaiva ceratuḥ kurusattamau || 20 ||
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vikrīḍantau subalinau maṇḍalāni praceratuḥ |
gadāhastau tatastau tu maṇḍalāvasthitau balī || 21 ||
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dakṣiṇaṃ maṇḍalaṃ rājandhārtarāṣṭro'bhyavartata |
savyaṃ tu maṇḍalaṃ tatra bhīmaseno'bhyavartata || 22 ||
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tathā tu caratastasya bhīmasya raṇamūrdhani |
duryodhano mahārāja pārśvadeśe'bhyatāḍayat || 23 ||
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āhatastu tadā bhīmastava putreṇa bhārata |
āvidhyata gadāṃ gurvīṃ prahāraṃ tamacintayan || 24 ||
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indrāśanisamāṃ ghorāṃ yamadaṇḍamivodyatām |
dadṛśuste mahārāja bhīmasenasya tāṃ gadām || 25 ||
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āvidhyantaṃ gadāṃ dṛṣṭvā bhīmasenaṃ tavātmajaḥ |
samudyamya gadāṃ ghorāṃ pratyavidhyadariṃdamaḥ || 26 ||
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gadāmārutavegena tava putrasya bhārata |
śabda āsītsutumulastejaśca samajāyata || 27 ||
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sa caranvividhānmārgānmaṇḍalāni ca bhāgaśaḥ |
samaśobhata tejasvī bhūyo bhīmātsuyodhanaḥ || 28 ||
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āviddhā sarvavegena bhīmena mahatī gadā |
sadhūmaṃ sārciṣaṃ cāgniṃ mumocogrā mahāsvanā || 29 ||
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ādhūtāṃ bhīmasenena gadāṃ dṛṣṭvā suyodhanaḥ |
adrisāramayīṃ gurvīmāvidhyanbahvaśobhata || 30 ||
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gadāmārutavegaṃ hi dṛṣṭvā tasya mahātmanaḥ |
bhayaṃ viveśa pāṇḍūnvai sarvāneva sasomakān || 31 ||
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tau darśayantau samare yuddhakrīḍāṃ samantataḥ |
gadābhyāṃ sahasānyonyamājaghnaturariṃdamau || 32 ||
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tau parasparamāsādya daṃṣṭrābhyāṃ dviradau yathā |
aśobhetāṃ mahārāja śoṇitena pariplutau || 33 ||
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evaṃ tadabhavadyuddhaṃ ghorarūpamasaṃvṛtam |
parivṛtte'hani krūraṃ vṛtravāsavayoriva || 34 ||
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dṛṣṭvā vyavasthitaṃ bhīmaṃ tava putro mahābalaḥ |
caraṃścitratarānmārgānkaunteyamabhidudruve || 35 ||
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tasya bhīmo mahāvegāṃ jāmbūnadapariṣkṛtām |
abhikruddhasya kruddhastu tāḍayāmāsa tāṃ gadām || 36 ||
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savisphuliṅgo nirhrādastayostatrābhighātajaḥ |
prādurāsīnmahārāja sṛṣṭayorvajrayoriva || 37 ||
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vegavatyā tayā tatra bhīmasenapramuktayā |
nipatantyā mahārāja pṛthivī samakampata || 38 ||
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tāṃ nāmṛṣyata kauravyo gadāṃ pratihatāṃ raṇe |
matto dvipa iva kruddhaḥ pratikuñjaradarśanāt || 39 ||
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sa savyaṃ maṇḍalaṃ rājannudbhrāmya kṛtaniścayaḥ |
ājaghne mūrdhni kaunteyaṃ gadayā bhīmavegayā || 40 ||
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tayā tvabhihato bhīmaḥ putreṇa tava pāṇḍavaḥ |
nākampata mahārāja tadadbhutamivābhavat || 41 ||
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āścaryaṃ cāpi tadrājansarvasainyānyapūjayan |
yadgadābhihato bhīmo nākampata padātpadam || 42 ||
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tato gurutarāṃ dīptāṃ gadāṃ hemapariṣkṛtām |
duryodhanāya vyasṛjadbhīmo bhīmaparākramaḥ || 43 ||
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taṃ prahāramasaṃbhrānto lāghavena mahābalaḥ |
moghaṃ duryodhanaścakre tatrābhūdvismayo mahān || 44 ||
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sā tu moghā gadā rājanpatantī bhīmacoditā |
cālayāmāsa pṛthivīṃ mahānirghātanisvanā || 45 ||
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āsthāya kauśikānmārgānutpatansa punaḥ punaḥ |
gadānipātaṃ prajñāya bhīmasenamavañcayat || 46 ||
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vañcayitvā tathā bhīmaṃ gadayā kurusattamaḥ |
tāḍayāmāsa saṃkruddho vakṣodeśe mahābalaḥ || 47 ||
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gadayābhihato bhīmo muhyamāno mahāraṇe |
nābhyamanyata kartavyaṃ putreṇābhyāhatastava || 48 ||
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tasmiṃstathā vartamāne rājansomakapāṇḍavāḥ |
bhṛśopahatasaṃkalpā nahṛṣṭamanaso'bhavan || 49 ||
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sa tu tena prahāreṇa mātaṅga iva roṣitaḥ |
hastivaddhastisaṃkāśamabhidudrāva te sutam || 50 ||
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tatastu rabhaso bhīmo gadayā tanayaṃ tava |
abhidudrāva vegena siṃho vanagajaṃ yathā || 51 ||
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upasṛtya tu rājānaṃ gadāmokṣaviśāradaḥ |
āvidhyata gadāṃ rājansamuddiśya sutaṃ tava || 52 ||
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atāḍayadbhīmasenaḥ pārśve duryodhanaṃ tadā |
sa vihvalaḥ prahāreṇa jānubhyāmagamanmahīm || 53 ||
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tasmiṃstu bharataśreṣṭhe jānubhyāmavanīṃ gate |
udatiṣṭhattato nādaḥ sṛñjayānāṃ jagatpate || 54 ||
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teṣāṃ tu ninadaṃ śrutvā sṛñjayānāṃ nararṣabhaḥ |
amarṣādbharataśreṣṭha putraste samakupyata || 55 ||
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utthāya tu mahābāhuḥ kruddho nāga iva śvasan |
didhakṣanniva netrābhyāṃ bhīmasenamavaikṣata || 56 ||
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tataḥ sa bharataśreṣṭho gadāpāṇirabhidravat |
pramathiṣyanniva śiro bhīmasenasya saṃyuge || 57 ||
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sa mahātmā mahātmānaṃ bhīmaṃ bhīmaparākramaḥ |
atāḍayacchaṅkhadeśe sa cacālācalopamaḥ || 58 ||
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sa bhūyaḥ śuśubhe pārthastāḍito gadayā raṇe |
udbhinnarudhiro rājanprabhinna iva kuñjaraḥ || 59 ||
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tato gadāṃ vīrahaṇīmayasmayīṃ pragṛhya vajrāśanitulyanisvanām |
atāḍayacchatrumamitrakarśano balena vikramya dhanaṃjayāgrajaḥ || 60 ||
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sa bhīmasenābhihatastavātmajaḥ papāta saṃkampitadehabandhanaḥ |
supuṣpito mārutavegatāḍito mahāvane sāla ivāvaghūrṇitaḥ || 61 ||
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tataḥ praṇedurjahṛṣuśca pāṇḍavāḥ samīkṣya putraṃ patitaṃ kṣitau tava |
tataḥ sutaste pratilabhya cetanāṃ samutpapāta dvirado yathā hradāt || 62 ||
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sa pārthivo nityamamarṣitastadā mahārathaḥ śikṣitavatparibhraman |
atāḍayatpāṇḍavamagrataḥ sthitaṃ sa vihvalāṅgo jagatīmupāspṛśat || 63 ||
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sa siṃhanādānvinanāda kauravo nipātya bhūmau yudhi bhīmamojasā |
bibheda caivāśanitulyatejasā gadānipātena śarīrarakṣaṇam || 64 ||
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tato'ntarikṣe ninado mahānabhūddivaukasāmapsarasāṃ ca neduṣām |
papāta coccairamarapraveritaṃ vicitrapuṣpotkaravarṣamuttamam || 65 ||
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tataḥ parānāviśaduttamaṃ bhayaṃ samīkṣya bhūmau patitaṃ narottamam |
ahīyamānaṃ ca balena kauravaṃ niśamya bhedaṃ ca dṛḍhasya varmaṇaḥ || 66 ||
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tato muhūrtādupalabhya cetanāṃ pramṛjya vaktraṃ rudhirārdramātmanaḥ |
dhṛtiṃ samālambya vivṛttalocano balena saṃstabhya vṛkodaraḥ sthitaḥ || 67 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Chapter 56

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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