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 12.160.46

चतुर्बाहुः स्पृशन्मूर्ध्ना भूस्थितोऽपि नभस्तलम् ।
ऊर्ध्वदृष्टिर्महालिङ्गो मुखाज्ज्वालाः समुत्सृजन् ।
विकुर्वन्बहुधा वर्णान्नीलपाण्डुरलोहितान् ॥ ४६ ॥

caturbāhuḥ spṛśanmūrdhnā bhūsthito'pi nabhastalam |
ūrdhvadṛṣṭirmahāliṅgo mukhājjvālāḥ samutsṛjan |
vikurvanbahudhā varṇānnīlapāṇḍuralohitān || 46 ||

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

...Shadja, Rishabha, Gandhara, Mahdhyama, Pancama, Dhaivata and Nishada. These are the seven kinds of the property that appertains to space. Sound inheres like the Supreme Being in all space though attached especially...

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

Caturbahu, Sprishat, Murdhan, Bhusthita, Api, Nabhastala, Urdhvadrishti, Mahalinga, Mukha, Ajju, Ala, Samud, Srijat, Kurvat, Bahudha, Varna, Pandura, Lohita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 12.160.46). 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: “caturbāhuḥ spṛśanmūrdhnā bhūsthito'pi nabhastalam
  • caturbāhuḥ -
  • caturbāhu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    caturbāhu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • spṛśan -
  • spṛś -> spṛśat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √spṛś class 6 verb], [vocative single from √spṛś class 6 verb]
    spṛś -> spṛśat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √spṛś class 6 verb], [vocative single from √spṛś class 6 verb], [accusative single from √spṛś class 6 verb]
  • mūrdhnā -
  • mūrdhan (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • bhūsthito' -
  • bhūsthita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • nabhastalam -
  • nabhastala (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “ūrdhvadṛṣṭirmahāliṅgo mukhājjvālāḥ samutsṛjan
  • ūrdhvadṛṣṭir -
  • ūrdhvadṛṣṭi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    ūrdhvadṛṣṭi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • mahāliṅgo* -
  • mahāliṅga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • mukhā -
  • mukha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mukha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ajjvā -
  • ajjū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single], [instrumental single]
  • ālāḥ -
  • āla (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • samut -
  • samud (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    samud (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • sṛjan -
  • sṛj -> sṛjat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √sṛj class 6 verb], [vocative single from √sṛj class 6 verb]
  • Line 3: “vikurvanbahudhā varṇānnīlapāṇḍuralohitān
  • vi -
  • vi (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    vi (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    vi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ve (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • kurvan -
  • kurvat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
    kṛ -> kurvat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
  • bahudhā -
  • bahudhā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • varṇānn -
  • varṇa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ī -
  • ī (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
    ī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    i (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • la -
  • la (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pāṇḍura -
  • pāṇḍura (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pāṇḍura (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • lohitān -
  • lohita (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 12.160.46

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 12.160.46 in Kannada sript:
ಚತುರ್ಬಾಹುಃ ಸ್ಪೃಶನ್ಮೂರ್ಧ್ನಾ ಭೂಸ್ಥಿತೋಽಪಿ ನಭಸ್ತಲಮ್ ।
ಊರ್ಧ್ವದೃಷ್ಟಿರ್ಮಹಾಲಿಙ್ಗೋ ಮುಖಾಜ್ಜ್ವಾಲಾಃ ಸಮುತ್ಸೃಜನ್ ।
ವಿಕುರ್ವನ್ಬಹುಧಾ ವರ್ಣಾನ್ನೀಲಪಾಣ್ಡುರಲೋಹಿತಾನ್ ॥ ೪೬ ॥

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 12.160.46 in Bengali sript:
চতুর্বাহুঃ স্পৃশন্মূর্ধ্না ভূস্থিতোঽপি নভস্তলম্ ।
ঊর্ধ্বদৃষ্টির্মহালিঙ্গো মুখাজ্জ্বালাঃ সমুত্সৃজন্ ।
বিকুর্বন্বহুধা বর্ণান্নীলপাণ্ডুরলোহিতান্ ॥ ৪৬ ॥

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 12.160.46 in Gujarati sript:
ચતુર્બાહુઃ સ્પૃશન્મૂર્ધ્ના ભૂસ્થિતોઽપિ નભસ્તલમ્ ।
ઊર્ધ્વદૃષ્ટિર્મહાલિઙ્ગો મુખાજ્જ્વાલાઃ સમુત્સૃજન્ ।
વિકુર્વન્બહુધા વર્ણાન્નીલપાણ્ડુરલોહિતાન્ ॥ ૪૬ ॥

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 12.160.46 in Malayalam sript:
ചതുര്ബാഹുഃ സ്പൃശന്മൂര്ധ്നാ ഭൂസ്ഥിതോഽപി നഭസ്തലമ് ।
ഊര്ധ്വദൃഷ്ടിര്മഹാലിങ്ഗോ മുഖാജ്ജ്വാലാഃ സമുത്സൃജന് ।
വികുര്വന്ബഹുധാ വര്ണാന്നീലപാണ്ഡുരലോഹിതാന് ॥ ൪൬ ॥

Cover of edition (2018)

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

7248pages

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Preview of verse 12.160.46 in Telugu sript:
చతుర్బాహుః స్పృశన్మూర్ధ్నా భూస్థితోఽపి నభస్తలమ్ ।
ఊర్ధ్వదృష్టిర్మహాలిఙ్గో ముఖాజ్జ్వాలాః సముత్సృజన్ ।
వికుర్వన్బహుధా వర్ణాన్నీలపాణ్డురలోహితాన్ ॥ ౪౬ ॥

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