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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 12.76.29
अल्पं तु साधुभूयिष्ठं यत्कर्मोदारमेव तत् ।
कृतमेवाकृताच्छ्रेयो न पापीयोऽस्त्यकर्मणः ॥ २९ ॥
alpaṃ tu sādhubhūyiṣṭhaṃ yatkarmodārameva tat |
kṛtamevākṛtācchreyo na pāpīyo'styakarmaṇaḥ || 29 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
...may be said to depend. With spies constituting his sight, the king should ascertain all the acts and intentions of his foes, friends, and neutrals. He should then, with heedfulness, devise his own measures,...
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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 (12.76.29). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Alpam, Alpa, Sadhu, Bhuyishtham, Bhuyishtha, Yat, Yad, Karmodara, Eva, Tat, Tad, Krit, Krita, Akrita, Shreyah, Shreyas, Shreya, Papiya, Papiyas, Asti, Astya, Akarman,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 12.76.29). 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: “alpaṃ tu sādhubhūyiṣṭhaṃ yatkarmodārameva tat ”
- alpam -
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alpam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]alpa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]alpa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]alpā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- sādhu -
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sādhu (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sādhu (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]sādhu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]sādhu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- bhūyiṣṭham -
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bhūyiṣṭham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]bhūyiṣṭha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]bhūyiṣṭha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]bhūyiṣṭhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- yat -
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yat (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yat (noun, masculine)[compound]yad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]yat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√i -> yat (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- karmodāram -
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karmodāra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- eva -
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eva (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]eva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]eva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- tat -
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tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “kṛtamevākṛtācchreyo na pāpīyo'styakarmaṇaḥ ”
- kṛtam -
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kṛta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kṛta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]kṛtā (noun, feminine)[adverb]kṛt (noun, masculine)[accusative single]√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]√kṛ (verb class 2)[imperative active second dual]
- evā -
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eva (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]eva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]eva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]evā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- akṛtācch -
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akṛta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]akṛta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- śreyo* -
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śreyaḥ (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]śreyas (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]śreyas (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√śrā -> śreya (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √śrā class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śrā class 2 verb], [nominative single from √śrā class 4 verb]√śrai -> śreya (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √śrai class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śrai class 2 verb], [nominative single from √śrai class 4 verb]√śri -> śreya (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √śri class 1 verb]√śrī -> śreya (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √śrī class 9 verb]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pāpīyo' -
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pāpīyas (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]pāpīyas (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]pāpīya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- astya -
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asti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]astya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]astī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]astī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]astī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√as (verb class 2)[present active third single]
- akarmaṇaḥ -
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akarman (noun, masculine)[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]akarman (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 12.76.29
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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The Mahabharata in Kannada (Set of 32 Volumes)
by Bharatha Darshana Bangalore (2003)
ಶ್ರೇಮಹಭಾರತ [ಮಹಾಭಾರತ]; 13907 pages;
Buy now!Preview of verse 12.76.29 in Kannada sript:
ಅಲ್ಪಂ ತು ಸಾಧುಭೂಯಿಷ್ಠಂ ಯತ್ಕರ್ಮೋದಾರಮೇವ ತತ್ ।
ಕೃತಮೇವಾಕೃತಾಚ್ಛ್ರೇಯೋ ನ ಪಾಪೀಯೋಽಸ್ತ್ಯಕರ್ಮಣಃ ॥ ೨೯ ॥
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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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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The Mahabharata in Bengali (Two Volumes)
by Akshay Library, Kolkata (2019)
3049 pages; [মহাভারত] [মহার্ষী বদভ্যাস (Maharishi Vedvyas)]
Buy now!Preview of verse 12.76.29 in Bengali sript:
অল্পং তু সাধুভূযিষ্ঠং যত্কর্মোদারমেব তত্ ।
কৃতমেবাকৃতাচ্ছ্রেযো ন পাপীযোঽস্ত্যকর্মণঃ ॥ ২৯ ॥
Mahabharat in Gujarati (20 Volumes)
by Dinkar Joshi (દિનકર જોશી) (2010)
14252 pages; [મહાભારત] [Publisher: Pravin Prakashan Pvt. Ltd, Rajkot]
Buy now!Preview of verse 12.76.29 in Gujarati sript:
અલ્પં તુ સાધુભૂયિષ્ઠં યત્કર્મોદારમેવ તત્ ।
કૃતમેવાકૃતાચ્છ્રેયો ન પાપીયોઽસ્ત્યકર્મણઃ ॥ ૨૯ ॥
Shri Mahabharatam in Malayalam (2 volumes)
by Swami Mridananda (2018)
1681 pages; [Publisher: Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur]
Buy now!Preview of verse 12.76.29 in Malayalam sript:
അല്പം തു സാധുഭൂയിഷ്ഠം യത്കര്മോദാരമേവ തത് ।
കൃതമേവാകൃതാച്ഛ്രേയോ ന പാപീയോഽസ്ത്യകര്മണഃ ॥ ൨൯ ॥
Mahabharata in Telugu (7 Volumes)
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2018)
7248pages
Buy now!Preview of verse 12.76.29 in Telugu sript:
అల్పం తు సాధుభూయిష్ఠం యత్కర్మోదారమేవ తత్ ।
కృతమేవాకృతాచ్ఛ్రేయో న పాపీయోఽస్త్యకర్మణః ॥ ౨౯ ॥