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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 12.186.29
आशया संचितं द्रव्यं यत्काले नेह भुज्यते ।
तद्बुधा न प्रशंसन्ति मरणं न प्रतीक्षते ॥ २९ ॥
āśayā saṃcitaṃ dravyaṃ yatkāle neha bhujyate |
tadbudhā na praśaṃsanti maraṇaṃ na pratīkṣate || 29 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
...Knowledge. Persons fully conversant with the Vedas and depending upon the utterances contained in them, are rare. They that are more intelligent desire the path of abstention from acts as the better of the two...
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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 (12.186.29). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Asha, Ashaya, Sancita, Dravya, Dravi, Yat, Yad, Kale, Kala, Tad, Tat, Budha, Prashamsat, Prashamsanti, Marana, Pratiksha, Yushmad,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 12.186.29). 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: “āśayā saṃcitaṃ dravyaṃ yatkāle neha bhujyate ”
- āśayā -
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āśā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]āśayā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- sañcitam -
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sañcita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sañcita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sañcitā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- dravyam -
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dravya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dravya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]dravyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]dravī (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- 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]
- kāle -
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kāle (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kāla (noun, masculine)[locative single]kāla (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]kālā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- neha -
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√nah (verb class 4)[perfect active second plural]
- bhujyate -
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√bhuj (verb class 6)[present passive third single]√bhuj (verb class 6)[present passive third single]√bhuj (verb class 7)[present passive third single]
- Line 2: “tadbudhā na praśaṃsanti maraṇaṃ na pratīkṣate ”
- tad -
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tad (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- budhā* -
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budha (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]budhā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- praśaṃsanti -
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praśaṃsantī (noun, masculine)[adverb]praśaṃsantī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]praśaṃsantī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]praśaṃsat (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- maraṇam -
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maraṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pratīkṣa -
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pratīkṣa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pratīkṣa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- te -
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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]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 12.186.29
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 12.186.29 in Kannada sript:
ಆಶಯಾ ಸಂಚಿತಂ ದ್ರವ್ಯಂ ಯತ್ಕಾಲೇ ನೇಹ ಭುಜ್ಯತೇ ।
ತದ್ಬುಧಾ ನ ಪ್ರಶಂಸನ್ತಿ ಮರಣಂ ನ ಪ್ರತೀಕ್ಷತೇ ॥ 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 12.186.29 in Bengali sript:
আশযা সংচিতং দ্রব্যং যত্কালে নেহ ভুজ্যতে ।
তদ্বুধা ন প্রশংসন্তি মরণং ন প্রতীক্ষতে ॥ 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 12.186.29 in Gujarati sript:
આશયા સંચિતં દ્રવ્યં યત્કાલે નેહ ભુજ્યતે ।
તદ્બુધા ન પ્રશંસન્તિ મરણં ન પ્રતીક્ષતે ॥ ૨૯ ॥
Shri Mahabharatam in Malayalam (2 volumes)
by Swami Mridananda (2018)
1681 pages; [Publisher: Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur]
Buy now!Preview of verse 12.186.29 in Malayalam sript:
ആശയാ സംചിതം ദ്രവ്യം യത്കാലേ നേഹ ഭുജ്യതേ ।
തദ്ബുധാ ന പ്രശംസന്തി മരണം ന പ്രതീക്ഷതേ ॥ ൨൯ ॥
Mahabharata in Telugu (7 Volumes)
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2018)
7248pages
Buy now!Preview of verse 12.186.29 in Telugu sript:
ఆశయా సంచితం ద్రవ్యం యత్కాలే నేహ భుజ్యతే ।
తద్బుధా న ప్రశంసన్తి మరణం న ప్రతీక్షతే ॥ ౨౯ ॥