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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 12.195.4
स्पर्शं तनुर्वेद रसं तु जिह्वा घ्राणं च गन्धाञ्श्रवणे च शब्दान् ।
रूपाणि चक्षुर्न च तत्परं यद्गृह्णन्त्यनध्यात्मविदो मनुष्याः ॥ ४ ॥
sparśaṃ tanurveda rasaṃ tu jihvā ghrāṇaṃ ca gandhāñśravaṇe ca śabdān |
rūpāṇi cakṣurna ca tatparaṃ yadgṛhṇantyanadhyātmavido manuṣyāḥ || 4 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
...cause (which consists of ignorance, desire, and acts whose beginning cannot be conceived), exist, due also to their primary nature (which is a state of union between Soul and body), (of these two) which then...
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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 (12.195.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Sparsha, Tanu, Tanus, Veda, Rasa, Jihva, Ghrana, Gandha, Shravana, Shabda, Rupa, Cakshu, Cakshus, Tatpara, Yat, Yad, Grihnat, Anadhyatmavid, Manushi, Manushya,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 12.195.4). 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: “sparśaṃ tanurveda rasaṃ tu jihvā ghrāṇaṃ ca gandhāñśravaṇe ca śabdān ”
- sparśam -
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sparśa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sparśa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sparśā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- tanur -
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tanus (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]tanus (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]tanu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- veda -
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veda (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]√vid (verb class 2)[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
- rasam -
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rasa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]rasā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- jihvā* -
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jihva (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]jihvā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- ghrāṇam -
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ghrāṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ghrāṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]ghrāṇā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- gandhāñś -
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gandha (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- śravaṇe -
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śravaṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]śravaṇa (noun, masculine)[locative single]śravaṇa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- śabdān -
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śabda (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- Line 2: “rūpāṇi cakṣurna ca tatparaṃ yadgṛhṇantyanadhyātmavido manuṣyāḥ ”
- rūpāṇi -
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rūpa (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- cakṣur -
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cakṣus (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cakṣus (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]cakṣu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√kṣai (verb class 1)[perfect active third plural]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- tatparam -
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tatpara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]tatpara (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tatparā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- yad -
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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]
- gṛhṇantya -
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gṛhṇat (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [nominative plural], [vocative dual], [vocative plural], [accusative dual], [accusative plural]√grah -> gṛhṇat (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √grah class 9 verb], [nominative plural from √grah class 9 verb], [vocative dual from √grah class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √grah class 9 verb], [accusative dual from √grah class 9 verb], [accusative plural from √grah class 9 verb]√grah (verb class 9)[present active third plural]
- anadhyātmavido* -
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anadhyātmavid (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]anadhyātmavid (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- manuṣyāḥ -
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manuṣī (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]manuṣya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]manuṣyā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 12.195.4
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 12.195.4 in Kannada sript:
ಸ್ಪರ್ಶಂ ತನುರ್ವೇದ ರಸಂ ತು ಜಿಹ್ವಾ ಘ್ರಾಣಂ ಚ ಗನ್ಧಾಞ್ಶ್ರವಣೇ ಚ ಶಬ್ದಾನ್ ।
ರೂಪಾಣಿ ಚಕ್ಷುರ್ನ ಚ ತತ್ಪರಂ ಯದ್ಗೃಹ್ಣನ್ತ್ಯನಧ್ಯಾತ್ಮವಿದೋ ಮನುಷ್ಯಾಃ ॥ ೪ ॥
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 12.195.4 in Bengali sript:
স্পর্শং তনুর্বেদ রসং তু জিহ্বা ঘ্রাণং চ গন্ধাঞ্শ্রবণে চ শব্দান্ ।
রূপাণি চক্ষুর্ন চ তত্পরং যদ্গৃহ্ণন্ত্যনধ্যাত্মবিদো মনুষ্যাঃ ॥ ৪ ॥
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 12.195.4 in Gujarati sript:
સ્પર્શં તનુર્વેદ રસં તુ જિહ્વા ઘ્રાણં ચ ગન્ધાઞ્શ્રવણે ચ શબ્દાન્ ।
રૂપાણિ ચક્ષુર્ન ચ તત્પરં યદ્ગૃહ્ણન્ત્યનધ્યાત્મવિદો મનુષ્યાઃ ॥ ૪ ॥
Shri Mahabharatam in Malayalam (2 volumes)
by Swami Mridananda (2018)
1681 pages; [Publisher: Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur]
Buy now!Preview of verse 12.195.4 in Malayalam sript:
സ്പര്ശം തനുര്വേദ രസം തു ജിഹ്വാ ഘ്രാണം ച ഗന്ധാഞ്ശ്രവണേ ച ശബ്ദാന് ।
രൂപാണി ചക്ഷുര്ന ച തത്പരം യദ്ഗൃഹ്ണന്ത്യനധ്യാത്മവിദോ മനുഷ്യാഃ ॥ ൪ ॥
Mahabharata in Telugu (7 Volumes)
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2018)
7248pages
Buy now!Preview of verse 12.195.4 in Telugu sript:
స్పర్శం తనుర్వేద రసం తు జిహ్వా ఘ్రాణం చ గన్ధాఞ్శ్రవణే చ శబ్దాన్ ।
రూపాణి చక్షుర్న చ తత్పరం యద్గృహ్ణన్త్యనధ్యాత్మవిదో మనుష్యాః ॥ ౪ ॥