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 12.139.85

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श्वपच उवाच ।
यद्येष हेतुस्तव खादनस्य न ते वेदः कारणं नान्यधर्मः ।
तस्मादभक्ष्ये भक्षणाद्वा द्विजेन्द्र दोषं न पश्यामि यथेदमात्थ ॥ ८५ ॥

śvapaca uvāca |
yadyeṣa hetustava khādanasya na te vedaḥ kāraṇaṃ nānyadharmaḥ |
tasmādabhakṣye bhakṣaṇādvā dvijendra doṣaṃ na paśyāmi yathedamāttha || 85 ||

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

...and god. No word of abuse, no dry speeches, should be addressed to a Brahmana. The Kshatriya should cross all his difficulties by the aid of the might of his arms. The Vaisya and the Sudra should conquer their...
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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 (12.139.85). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shvapaca, Yadi, Yad, Esha, Hetri, Hetu, Yushmad, Khadana, Tad, Veda, Vedas, Karana, Adharma, Tasmat, Abhakshya, Bhakshana, Var, Dvijendra, Dosha, Pashya, Amin, Yatha, Idam, Attha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 12.139.85). 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: “śvapaca uvāca ”
śvapaca* -
śvapaca (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “yadyeṣa hetustava khādanasya na te vedaḥ kāraṇaṃ nānyadharmaḥ ”
yadye -
yadi (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

yadi (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
eṣa -
eṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

eṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√eṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single], [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]

√iṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
hetus -
hetṛ (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

hetu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tava -
yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[genitive single]
khādanasya -
khādana (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

khādana (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
vedaḥ -
vedas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

veda (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kāraṇam -
kāraṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

kāraṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
nānya -
na (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
adharmaḥ -
adharma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 3: “tasmādabhakṣye bhakṣaṇādvā dvijendra doṣaṃ na paśyāmi yathedamāttha ”
tasmād -
tasmāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single]
abhakṣye -
abhakṣya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

abhakṣya (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

abhakṣyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

√bhakṣ (verb class 1)

[imperfect passive first single]

√bhakṣ (verb class 10)

[imperfect passive first single]

√bhakṣ (verb class 0)

[imperfect passive first single]
bhakṣaṇād -
bhakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

bhakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
vā* -
vār (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

vār (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

va (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
dvijendra -
dvijendra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
doṣam -
doṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

doṣā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
paśyā -
paśya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

paśya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

paśyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√paś -> paśya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √paś class 10 verb]

√paś -> paśya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √paś class 10 verb]

√paś -> paśyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √paś class 10 verb]
ami -
amin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

amin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
yathe -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
āttha -
āttha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

āttha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√ah (verb class 5)

[perfect active second single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 12.139.85

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;

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Preview of verse 12.139.85 in Kannada sript:
ಶ್ವಪಚ ಉವಾಚ ।
ಯದ್ಯೇಷ ಹೇತುಸ್ತವ ಖಾದನಸ್ಯ ನ ತೇ ವೇದಃ ಕಾರಣಂ ನಾನ್ಯಧರ್ಮಃ ।
ತಸ್ಮಾದಭಕ್ಷ್ಯೇ ಭಕ್ಷಣಾದ್ವಾ ದ್ವಿಜೇನ್ದ್ರ ದೋಷಂ ನ ಪಶ್ಯಾಮಿ ಯಥೇದಮಾತ್ಥ ॥ ೮೫ ॥

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)]

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Preview of verse 12.139.85 in Bengali sript:
শ্বপচ উবাচ ।
যদ্যেষ হেতুস্তব খাদনস্য ন তে বেদঃ কারণং নান্যধর্মঃ ।
তস্মাদভক্ষ্যে ভক্ষণাদ্বা দ্বিজেন্দ্র দোষং ন পশ্যামি যথেদমাত্থ ॥ ৮৫ ॥

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 12.139.85 in Gujarati sript:
શ્વપચ ઉવાચ ।
યદ્યેષ હેતુસ્તવ ખાદનસ્ય ન તે વેદઃ કારણં નાન્યધર્મઃ ।
તસ્માદભક્ષ્યે ભક્ષણાદ્વા દ્વિજેન્દ્ર દોષં ન પશ્યામિ યથેદમાત્થ ॥ ૮૫ ॥

Shri Mahabharatam in Malayalam (2 volumes)
by Swami Mridananda (2018)

1681 pages; [Publisher: Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur]

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Preview of verse 12.139.85 in Malayalam sript:
ശ്വപച ഉവാച ।
യദ്യേഷ ഹേതുസ്തവ ഖാദനസ്യ ന തേ വേദഃ കാരണം നാന്യധര്മഃ ।
തസ്മാദഭക്ഷ്യേ ഭക്ഷണാദ്വാ ദ്വിജേന്ദ്ര ദോഷം ന പശ്യാമി യഥേദമാത്ഥ ॥ ൮൫ ॥

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

7248pages

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Preview of verse 12.139.85 in Telugu sript:
శ్వపచ ఉవాచ ।
యద్యేష హేతుస్తవ ఖాదనస్య న తే వేదః కారణం నాన్యధర్మః ।
తస్మాదభక్ష్యే భక్షణాద్వా ద్విజేన్ద్ర దోషం న పశ్యామి యథేదమాత్థ ॥ ౮౫ ॥

Last Updated: 17 September, 2021