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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 12.109.23
येन प्रीणात्युपाध्यायं तेन स्याद्ब्रह्म पूजितम् ।
मातृतः पितृतश्चैव तस्मात्पूज्यतमो गुरुः ।
ऋषयश्च हि देवाश्च प्रीयन्ते पितृभिः सह ॥ २३ ॥
yena prīṇātyupādhyāyaṃ tena syādbrahma pūjitam |
mātṛtaḥ pitṛtaścaiva tasmātpūjyatamo guruḥ |
ṛṣayaśca hi devāśca prīyante pitṛbhiḥ saha || 23 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
...and eternal Vishnu, addressed that great boon-giving god, saying, 'It behoves you, O Kesava, to show mercy on the present occasion. Let it be so ordained by you that the confusion that has occurred may disappear...
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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 (12.109.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Yena, Yah, Yat, Upadhyaya, Tad, Tena, Syat, Sya, Brahma, Brahman, Pujita, Matritah, Pitritah, Tasmat, Guru, Rishi, Deva, Pitri, Saha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 12.109.23). 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: “yena prīṇātyupādhyāyaṃ tena syādbrahma pūjitam ”
- yena -
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yena (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ya (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[instrumental single]yat (pronoun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- prīṇātyu -
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√prī (verb class 9)[present active third single]
- upādhyāyam -
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upādhyāya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]upādhyāyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- tena -
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tena (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ta (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]ta (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]tad (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]sa (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]√tan (verb class 8)[perfect active second plural]√tan (verb class 4)[perfect active second plural]√tan (verb class 1)[perfect active second plural]
- syād -
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syāt (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]syāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]√as (verb class 2)[optative active third single]
- brahma -
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brahma (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]brahma (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]brahman (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√brahm (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- pūjitam -
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pūjita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]pūjita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]pūjitā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√pūj -> pūjita (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √pūj class 1 verb], [accusative single from √pūj class 10 verb]√pūj -> pūjita (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √pūj class 1 verb], [accusative single from √pūj class 1 verb], [nominative single from √pūj class 10 verb], [accusative single from √pūj class 10 verb]
- Line 2: “mātṛtaḥ pitṛtaścaiva tasmātpūjyatamo guruḥ ”
- mātṛtaḥ -
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mātṛtaḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- pitṛtaś -
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pitṛtaḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- cai -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]cā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- aiva -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active first dual]
- tasmāt -
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tasmāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (noun, neuter)[ablative single]sa (noun, masculine)[ablative single]
- pūjyatam -
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pūjyatā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- o* -
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a (noun, masculine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[vocative single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- guruḥ -
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guru (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 3: “ṛṣayaśca hi devāśca prīyante pitṛbhiḥ saha ”
- ṛṣayaś -
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ṛṣi (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- devāś -
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deva (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]devā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- prīyante -
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√pre (verb class 2)[present passive third plural]√prī (verb class 4)[present middle third plural], [present passive third plural]√prī (verb class 9)[present passive third plural]
- pitṛbhiḥ -
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pitṛ (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]
- saha -
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saha (indeclinable postposition)[indeclinable postposition]saha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]saha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√sah (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 12.109.23
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 12.109.23 in Kannada sript:
ಯೇನ ಪ್ರೀಣಾತ್ಯುಪಾಧ್ಯಾಯಂ ತೇನ ಸ್ಯಾದ್ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ ಪೂಜಿತಮ್ ।
ಮಾತೃತಃ ಪಿತೃತಶ್ಚೈವ ತಸ್ಮಾತ್ಪೂಜ್ಯತಮೋ ಗುರುಃ ।
ಋಷಯಶ್ಚ ಹಿ ದೇವಾಶ್ಚ ಪ್ರೀಯನ್ತೇ ಪಿತೃಭಿಃ ಸಹ ॥ ೨೩ ॥
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 12.109.23 in Bengali sript:
যেন প্রীণাত্যুপাধ্যাযং তেন স্যাদ্ব্রহ্ম পূজিতম্ ।
মাতৃতঃ পিতৃতশ্চৈব তস্মাত্পূজ্যতমো গুরুঃ ।
ঋষযশ্চ হি দেবাশ্চ প্রীযন্তে পিতৃভিঃ সহ ॥ ২৩ ॥
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 12.109.23 in Gujarati sript:
યેન પ્રીણાત્યુપાધ્યાયં તેન સ્યાદ્બ્રહ્મ પૂજિતમ્ ।
માતૃતઃ પિતૃતશ્ચૈવ તસ્માત્પૂજ્યતમો ગુરુઃ ।
ઋષયશ્ચ હિ દેવાશ્ચ પ્રીયન્તે પિતૃભિઃ સહ ॥ ૨૩ ॥
Shri Mahabharatam in Malayalam (2 volumes)
by Swami Mridananda (2018)
1681 pages; [Publisher: Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur]
Buy now!Preview of verse 12.109.23 in Malayalam sript:
യേന പ്രീണാത്യുപാധ്യായം തേന സ്യാദ്ബ്രഹ്മ പൂജിതമ് ।
മാതൃതഃ പിതൃതശ്ചൈവ തസ്മാത്പൂജ്യതമോ ഗുരുഃ ।
ഋഷയശ്ച ഹി ദേവാശ്ച പ്രീയന്തേ പിതൃഭിഃ സഹ ॥ ൨൩ ॥
Mahabharata in Telugu (7 Volumes)
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2018)
7248pages
Buy now!Preview of verse 12.109.23 in Telugu sript:
యేన ప్రీణాత్యుపాధ్యాయం తేన స్యాద్బ్రహ్మ పూజితమ్ ।
మాతృతః పితృతశ్చైవ తస్మాత్పూజ్యతమో గురుః ।
ఋషయశ్చ హి దేవాశ్చ ప్రీయన్తే పితృభిః సహ ॥ ౨౩ ॥