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 12.74.17

पापैः पापे क्रियमाणेऽतिवेलं ततो रुद्रो जायते देव एषः ।
पापैः पापाः संजनयन्ति रुद्रं ततः सर्वान्साध्वसाधून्हिनस्ति ॥ १७ ॥

pāpaiḥ pāpe kriyamāṇe'tivelaṃ tato rudro jāyate deva eṣaḥ |
pāpaiḥ pāpāḥ saṃjanayanti rudraṃ tataḥ sarvānsādhvasādhūnhinasti || 17 ||

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

...protect their own counsels. They should, even thus, conceal their own laches. Those ministers of a kingdom that succeed in concealing their counsels are said to be possessed of wisdom. Counsels constitute the...

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

Papa, Kriyamana, Ativelam, Ativela, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Rudra, Jayat, Deva, Devri, Esha, Sanjana, Yat, Sarva, Sadhvasadhu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 12.74.17). 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: “pāpaiḥ pāpe kriyamāṇe'tivelaṃ tato rudro jāyate deva eṣaḥ
  • pāpaiḥ -
  • pāpa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    pāpa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • pāpe -
  • pāpa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    pāpa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    pāpā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • kriyamāṇe' -
  • kriyamāṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kriyamāṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kriyamāṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kṛ -> kriyamāṇa (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 -> kriyamāṇa (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 -> kriyamāṇā (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 -> kriyamāṇa (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]
    kṛ -> kriyamāṇa (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √kṛ class 3 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 3 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 3 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 6 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]
    kṛ -> kriyamāṇā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √kṛ class 3 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 3 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 3 verb], [nominative dual from √kṛ class 6 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 6 verb]
  • ativelam -
  • ativelam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ativela (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ativela (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ativelā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tato* -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • rudro* -
  • rudra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • jāyate -
  • jai -> jāyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √jai class 1 verb]
    jai -> jāyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √jai class 1 verb]
    jai (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
    jan (verb class 4)
    [present middle third single]
  • deva* -
  • deva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    devṛ (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • eṣaḥ -
  • eṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “pāpaiḥ pāpāḥ saṃjanayanti rudraṃ tataḥ sarvānsādhvasādhūnhinasti
  • pāpaiḥ -
  • pāpa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    pāpa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • pāpāḥ -
  • pāpa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    pāpā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • sañjana -
  • sañjana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yanti -
  • yanti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √i class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √i class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √i class 2 verb]
    i (verb class 2)
    [present active third plural]
  • rudram -
  • rudra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    rudra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    rudrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tataḥ -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • sarvān -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • sādhvasādhūn -
  • sādhvasādhu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • hinasti -
  • hiṃs (verb class 7)
    [present active third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 12.74.17

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 12.74.17 in Kannada sript:
ಪಾಪೈಃ ಪಾಪೇ ಕ್ರಿಯಮಾಣೇಽತಿವೇಲಂ ತತೋ ರುದ್ರೋ ಜಾಯತೇ ದೇವ ಏಷಃ ।
ಪಾಪೈಃ ಪಾಪಾಃ ಸಂಜನಯನ್ತಿ ರುದ್ರಂ ತತಃ ಸರ್ವಾನ್ಸಾಧ್ವಸಾಧೂನ್ಹಿನಸ್ತಿ ॥ ೧೭ ॥

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 12.74.17 in Bengali sript:
পাপৈঃ পাপে ক্রিযমাণেঽতিবেলং ততো রুদ্রো জাযতে দেব এষঃ ।
পাপৈঃ পাপাঃ সংজনযন্তি রুদ্রং ততঃ সর্বান্সাধ্বসাধূন্হিনস্তি ॥ ১৭ ॥

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 12.74.17 in Gujarati sript:
પાપૈઃ પાપે ક્રિયમાણેઽતિવેલં તતો રુદ્રો જાયતે દેવ એષઃ ।
પાપૈઃ પાપાઃ સંજનયન્તિ રુદ્રં તતઃ સર્વાન્સાધ્વસાધૂન્હિનસ્તિ ॥ ૧૭ ॥

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 12.74.17 in Malayalam sript:
പാപൈഃ പാപേ ക്രിയമാണേഽതിവേലം തതോ രുദ്രോ ജായതേ ദേവ ഏഷഃ ।
പാപൈഃ പാപാഃ സംജനയന്തി രുദ്രം തതഃ സര്വാന്സാധ്വസാധൂന്ഹിനസ്തി ॥ ൧൭ ॥

Cover of edition (2018)

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

7248pages

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Preview of verse 12.74.17 in Telugu sript:
పాపైః పాపే క్రియమాణేఽతివేలం తతో రుద్రో జాయతే దేవ ఏషః ।
పాపైః పాపాః సంజనయన్తి రుద్రం తతః సర్వాన్సాధ్వసాధూన్హినస్తి ॥ ౧౭ ॥

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