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 |
samudīrṇaṃ tato dṛṣṭvā saṃgrāmaṃ kurumukhyayoḥ |
athābravīdarjunastu vāsudevaṃ yaśasvinam || 1 ||
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anayorvīrayoryuddhe ko jyāyānbhavato mataḥ |
kasya vā ko guṇo bhūyānetadvada janārdana || 2 ||
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vāsudeva uvāca |
upadeśo'nayostulyo bhīmastu balavattaraḥ |
kṛtayatnatarastveṣa dhārtarāṣṭro vṛkodarāt || 3 ||
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bhīmasenastu dharmeṇa yudhyamāno na jeṣyati |
anyāyena tu yudhyanvai hanyādeṣa suyodhanam || 4 ||
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māyayā nirjitā devairasurā iti naḥ śrutam |
virocanaśca śakreṇa māyayā nirjitaḥ sakhe |
māyayā cākṣipattejo vṛtrasya balasūdanaḥ || 5 ||
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pratijñātaṃ tu bhīmena dyūtakāle dhanaṃjaya |
ūrū bhetsyāmi te saṃkhye gadayeti suyodhanam || 6 ||
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so'yaṃ pratijñāṃ tāṃ cāpi pārayitvārikarśanaḥ |
māyāvinaṃ ca rājānaṃ māyayaiva nikṛntatu || 7 ||
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yadyeṣa balamāsthāya nyāyena prahariṣyati |
viṣamasthastato rājā bhaviṣyati yudhiṣṭhiraḥ || 8 ||
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punareva ca vakṣyāmi pāṇḍavedaṃ nibodha me |
dharmarājāparādhena bhayaṃ naḥ punarāgatam || 9 ||
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kṛtvā hi sumahatkarma hatvā bhīṣmamukhānkurūn |
jayaḥ prāpto yaśaścāgryaṃ vairaṃ ca pratiyātitam |
tadevaṃ vijayaḥ prāptaḥ punaḥ saṃśayitaḥ kṛtaḥ || 10 ||
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abuddhireṣā mahatī dharmarājasya pāṇḍava |
yadekavijaye yuddhaṃ paṇitaṃ kṛtamīdṛśam |
suyodhanaḥ kṛtī vīra ekāyanagatastathā || 11 ||
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api cośanasā gītaḥ śrūyate'yaṃ purātanaḥ |
ślokastattvārthasahitastanme nigadataḥ śṛṇu || 12 ||
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punarāvartamānānāṃ bhagnānāṃ jīvitaiṣiṇām |
bhetavyamariśeṣāṇāmekāyanagatā hi te || 13 ||
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suyodhanamimaṃ bhagnaṃ hatasainyaṃ hradaṃ gatam |
parājitaṃ vanaprepsuṃ nirāśaṃ rājyalambhane || 14 ||
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ko nveṣa saṃyuge prājñaḥ punardvaṃdve samāhvayet |
api vo nirjitaṃ rājyaṃ na hareta suyodhanaḥ || 15 ||
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yastrayodaśavarṣāṇi gadayā kṛtaniśramaḥ |
caratyūrdhvaṃ ca tiryakca bhīmasenajighāṃsayā || 16 ||
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evaṃ cenna mahābāhuranyāyena haniṣyati |
eṣa vaḥ kauravo rājā dhārtarāṣṭro bhaviṣyati || 17 ||
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dhanaṃjayastu śrutvaitatkeśavasya mahātmanaḥ |
prekṣato bhīmasenasya hastenorumatāḍayat || 18 ||
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gṛhya saṃjñāṃ tato bhīmo gadayā vyacaradraṇe |
maṇḍalāni vicitrāṇi yamakānītarāṇi ca || 19 ||
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dakṣiṇaṃ maṇḍalaṃ savyaṃ gomūtrakamathāpi ca |
vyacaratpāṇḍavo rājannariṃ saṃmohayanniva || 20 ||
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tathaiva tava putro'pi gadāmārgaviśāradaḥ |
vyacarallaghu citraṃ ca bhīmasenajighāṃsayā || 21 ||
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ādhunvantau gade ghore candanāgarurūṣite |
vairasyāntaṃ parīpsantau raṇe kruddhāvivāntakau || 22 ||
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anyonyaṃ tau jighāṃsantau pravīrau puruṣarṣabhau |
yuyudhāte garutmantau yathā nāgāmiṣaiṣiṇau || 23 ||
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maṇḍalāni vicitrāṇi caratornṛpabhīmayoḥ |
gadāsaṃpātajāstatra prajajñuḥ pāvakārciṣaḥ || 24 ||
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samaṃ praharatostatra śūrayorbalinormṛdhe |
kṣubdhayorvāyunā rājandvayoriva samudrayoḥ || 25 ||
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tayoḥ praharatostulyaṃ mattakuñjarayoriva |
gadānirghātasaṃhrādaḥ prahārāṇāmajāyata || 26 ||
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tasmiṃstadā saṃprahāre dāruṇe saṃkule bhṛśam |
ubhāvapi pariśrāntau yudhyamānāvariṃdamau || 27 ||
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tau muhūrtaṃ samāśvasya punareva paraṃtapau |
abhyahārayatāṃ kruddhau pragṛhya mahatī gade || 28 ||
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tayoḥ samabhavadyuddhaṃ ghorarūpamasaṃvṛtam |
gadānipātai rājendra takṣatorvai parasparam || 29 ||
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vyāyāmapradrutau tau tu vṛṣabhākṣau tarasvinau |
anyonyaṃ jaghnaturvīrau paṅkasthau mahiṣāviva || 30 ||
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jarjarīkṛtasarvāṅgau rudhireṇābhisaṃplutau |
dadṛśāte himavati puṣpitāviva kiṃśukau || 31 ||
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duryodhanena pārthastu vivare saṃpradarśite |
īṣadutsmayamānastu sahasā prasasāra ha || 32 ||
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tamabhyāśagataṃ prājño raṇe prekṣya vṛkodaraḥ |
avākṣipadgadāṃ tasmai vegena mahatā balī || 33 ||
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avakṣepaṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā putrastava viśāṃ pate |
apāsarpattataḥ sthānātsā moghā nyapatadbhuvi || 34 ||
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mokṣayitvā prahāraṃ taṃ sutastava sa saṃbhramāt |
bhīmasenaṃ ca gadayā prāharatkurusattamaḥ || 35 ||
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tasya viṣyandamānena rudhireṇāmitaujasaḥ |
prahāragurupātācca mūrcheva samajāyata || 36 ||
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duryodhanastaṃ ca veda pīḍitaṃ pāṇḍavaṃ raṇe |
dhārayāmāsa bhīmo'pi śarīramatipīḍitam || 37 ||
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amanyata sthitaṃ hyenaṃ prahariṣyantamāhave |
ato na prāharattasmai punareva tavātmajaḥ || 38 ||
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tato muhūrtamāśvasya duryodhanamavasthitam |
vegenābhyadravadrājanbhīmasenaḥ pratāpavān || 39 ||
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tamāpatantaṃ saṃprekṣya saṃrabdhamamitaujasam |
moghamasya prahāraṃ taṃ cikīrṣurbharatarṣabha || 40 ||
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avasthāne matiṃ kṛtvā putrastava mahāmanāḥ |
iyeṣotpatituṃ rājaṃśchalayiṣyanvṛkodaram || 41 ||
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abudhyadbhīmasenastadrājñastasya cikīrṣitam |
athāsya samabhidrutya samutkramya ca siṃhavat || 42 ||
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sṛtyā vañcayato rājanpunarevotpatiṣyataḥ |
ūrubhyāṃ prāhiṇodrājangadāṃ vegena pāṇḍavaḥ || 43 ||
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sā vajraniṣpeṣasamā prahitā bhīmakarmaṇā |
ūrū duryodhanasyātha babhañja priyadarśanau || 44 ||
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sa papāta naravyāghro vasudhāmanunādayan |
bhagnorurbhīmasenena putrastava mahīpate || 45 ||
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vavurvātāḥ sanirghātāḥ pāṃsuvarṣaṃ papāta ca |
cacāla pṛthivī cāpi savṛkṣakṣupaparvatā || 46 ||
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tasminnipatite vīre patyau sarvamahīkṣitām |
mahāsvanā punardīptā sanirghātā bhayaṃkarī |
papāta colkā mahatī patite pṛthivīpatau || 47 ||
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tathā śoṇitavarṣaṃ ca pāṃsuvarṣaṃ ca bhārata |
vavarṣa maghavāṃstatra tava putre nipātite || 48 ||
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yakṣāṇāṃ rākṣasānāṃ ca piśācānāṃ tathaiva ca |
antarikṣe mahānādaḥ śrūyate bharatarṣabha || 49 ||
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tena śabdena ghoreṇa mṛgāṇāmatha pakṣiṇām |
jajñe ghoratamaḥ śabdo bahūnāṃ sarvatodiśam || 50 ||
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ye tatra vājinaḥ śeṣā gajāśca manujaiḥ saha |
mumucuste mahānādaṃ tava putre nipātite || 51 ||
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bherīśaṅkhamṛdaṅgānāmabhavacca svano mahān |
antarbhūmigataścaiva tava putre nipātite || 52 ||
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bahupādairbahubhujaiḥ kabandhairghoradarśanaiḥ |
nṛtyadbhirbhayadairvyāptā diśastatrābhavannṛpa || 53 ||
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dhvajavanto'stravantaśca śastravantastathaiva ca |
prākampanta tato rājaṃstava putre nipātite || 54 ||
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hradāḥ kūpāśca rudhiramudvemurnṛpasattama |
nadyaśca sumahāvegāḥ pratisrotovahābhavan || 55 ||
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pulliṅgā iva nāryastu strīliṅgāḥ puruṣābhavan |
duryodhane tadā rājanpatite tanaye tava || 56 ||
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dṛṣṭvā tānadbhutotpātānpāñcālāḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha |
āvignamanasaḥ sarve babhūvurbharatarṣabha || 57 ||
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yayurdevā yathākāmaṃ gandharvāpsarasastathā |
kathayanto'dbhutaṃ yuddhaṃ sutayostava bhārata || 58 ||
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tathaiva siddhā rājendra tathā vātikacāraṇāḥ |
narasiṃhau praśaṃsantau viprajagmuryathāgatam || 59 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Chapter 57

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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