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).
Chapter 200
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
pitāmaha mahāprājña puṇḍarīkākṣamacyutam |
kartāramakṛtaṃ viṣṇuṃ bhūtānāṃ prabhavāpyayam || 1 ||
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nārāyaṇaṃ hṛṣīkeśaṃ govindamaparājitam |
tattvena bharataśreṣṭha śrotumicchāmi keśavam || 2 ||
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bhīṣma uvāca |
śruto'yamartho rāmasya jāmadagnyasya jalpataḥ |
nāradasya ca devarṣeḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanasya ca || 3 ||
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asito devalastāta vālmīkiśca mahātapāḥ |
mārkaṇḍeyaśca govinde kathayatyadbhutaṃ mahat || 4 ||
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keśavo bharataśreṣṭha bhagavānīśvaraḥ prabhuḥ |
puruṣaḥ sarvamityeva śrūyate bahudhā vibhuḥ || 5 ||
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kiṃ tu yāni vidurloke brāhmaṇāḥ śārṅgadhanvanaḥ |
māhātmyāni mahābāho śṛṇu tāni yudhiṣṭhira || 6 ||
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yāni cāhurmanuṣyendra ye purāṇavido janāḥ |
aśeṣeṇa hi govinde kīrtayiṣyāmi tānyaham || 7 ||
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mahābhūtāni bhūtātmā mahātmā puruṣottamaḥ |
vāyurjyotistathā cāpaḥ khaṃ gāṃ caivānvakalpayat || 8 ||
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sa dṛṣṭvā pṛthivīṃ caiva sarvabhūteśvaraḥ prabhuḥ |
apsveva śayanaṃ cakre mahātmā puruṣottamaḥ || 9 ||
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sarvatejomayastasmiñśayānaḥ śayane śubhe |
so'grajaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ saṃkarṣaṇamacintayat || 10 ||
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āśrayaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ manaseti viśuśruma |
sa dhārayati bhūtātmā ubhe bhūtabhaviṣyatī || 11 ||
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tatastasminmahābāho prādurbhūte mahātmani |
bhāskarapratimaṃ divyaṃ nābhyāṃ padmamajāyata || 12 ||
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sa tatra bhagavāndevaḥ puṣkare bhāsayandiśaḥ |
brahmā samabhavattāta sarvabhūtapitāmahaḥ || 13 ||
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tasminnapi mahābāho prādurbhūte mahātmani |
tamasaḥ pūrvajo jajñe madhurnāma mahāsuraḥ || 14 ||
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tamugramugrakarmāṇamugrāṃ buddhiṃ samāsthitam |
brahmaṇopacitiṃ kurvañjaghāna puruṣottamaḥ || 15 ||
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tasya tāta vadhātsarve devadānavamānavāḥ |
madhusūdanamityāhurvṛṣabhaṃ sarvasātvatām || 16 ||
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brahmā tu sasṛje putrānmānasāndakṣasaptamān |
marīcimatryaṅgirasau pulastyaṃ pulahaṃ kratum || 17 ||
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marīciḥ kaśyapaṃ tāta putraṃ cāsṛjadagrajam |
mānasaṃ janayāmāsa taijasaṃ brahmasattamam || 18 ||
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aṅguṣṭhādasṛjadbrahmā marīcerapi pūrvajam |
so'bhavadbharataśreṣṭha dakṣo nāma prajāpatiḥ || 19 ||
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tasya pūrvamajāyanta daśa tisraśca bhārata |
prajāpaterduhitarastāsāṃ jyeṣṭhābhavadditiḥ || 20 ||
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sarvadharmaviśeṣajñaḥ puṇyakīrtirmahāyaśāḥ |
mārīcaḥ kaśyapastāta sarvāsāmabhavatpatiḥ || 21 ||
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utpādya tu mahābhāgastāsāmavarajā daśa |
dadau dharmāya dharmajño dakṣa eva prajāpatiḥ || 22 ||
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dharmasya vasavaḥ putrā rudrāścāmitatejasaḥ |
viśvedevāśca sādhyāśca marutvantaśca bhārata || 23 ||
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aparāstu yavīyasyastābhyo'nyāḥ saptaviṃśatiḥ |
somastāsāṃ mahābhāgaḥ sarvāsāmabhavatpatiḥ || 24 ||
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itarāstu vyajāyanta gandharvāṃsturagāndvijān |
gāśca kiṃpuruṣānmatsyānaudbhidāṃśca vanaspatīn || 25 ||
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ādityānaditirjajñe devaśreṣṭhānmahābalān |
teṣāṃ viṣṇurvāmano'bhūdgovindaścābhavatprabhuḥ || 26 ||
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tasya vikramaṇādeva devānāṃ śrīrvyavardhata |
dānavāśca parābhūtā daiteyī cāsurī prajā || 27 ||
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vipracittipradhānāṃśca dānavānasṛjaddanuḥ |
ditistu sarvānasurānmahāsattvānvyajāyata || 28 ||
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ahorātraṃ ca kālaṃ ca yathartu madhusūdanaḥ |
pūrvāhṇaṃ cāparāhṇaṃ ca sarvamevānvakalpayat || 29 ||
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buddhyāpaḥ so'sṛjanmeghāṃstathā sthāvarajaṅgamān |
pṛthivīṃ so'sṛjadviśvāṃ sahitāṃ bhūritejasā || 30 ||
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tataḥ kṛṣṇo mahābāhuḥ punareva yudhiṣṭhira |
brāhmaṇānāṃ śataṃ śreṣṭhaṃ mukhādasṛjata prabhuḥ || 31 ||
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bāhubhyāṃ kṣatriyaśataṃ vaiśyānāmūrutaḥ śatam |
padbhyāṃ śūdraśataṃ caiva keśavo bharatarṣabha || 32 ||
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sa evaṃ caturo varṇānsamutpādya mahāyaśāḥ |
adhyakṣaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ dhātāramakarotprabhuḥ || 33 ||
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yāvadyāvadabhūcchraddhā dehaṃ dhārayituṃ nṛṇām |
tāvattāvadajīvaṃste nāsīdyamakṛtaṃ bhayam || 34 ||
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na caiṣāṃ maithuno dharmo babhūva bharatarṣabha |
saṃkalpādeva caiteṣāmapatyamudapadyata || 35 ||
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tatra tretāyuge kāle saṃkalpājjāyate prajā |
na hyabhūnmaithuno dharmasteṣāmapi janādhipa || 36 ||
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dvāpare maithuno dharmaḥ prajānāmabhavannṛpa |
tathā kaliyuge rājandvaṃdvamāpedire janāḥ || 37 ||
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eṣa bhūtapatistāta svadhyakṣaśca prakīrtitaḥ |
niradhyakṣāṃstu kaunteya kīrtayiṣyāmi tānapi || 38 ||
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dakṣiṇāpathajanmānaḥ sarve talavarāndhrakāḥ |
utsāḥ pulindāḥ śabarāścūcupā maṇḍapaiḥ saha || 39 ||
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uttarāpathajanmānaḥ kīrtayiṣyāmi tānapi |
yaunakāmbojagāndhārāḥ kirātā barbaraiḥ saha || 40 ||
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ete pāpakṛtastāta caranti pṛthivīmimām |
śvakākabalagṛdhrāṇāṃ sadharmāṇo narādhipa || 41 ||
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naite kṛtayuge tāta caranti pṛthivīmimām |
tretāprabhṛti vartante te janā bharatarṣabha || 42 ||
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tatastasminmahāghore saṃdhyākāle yugāntike |
rājānaḥ samasajjanta samāsādyetaretaram || 43 ||
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evameṣa kuruśreṣṭha prādurbhāvo mahātmanaḥ |
devadevarṣirācaṣṭa nāradaḥ sarvalokadṛk || 44 ||
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nārado'pyatha kṛṣṇasya paraṃ mene narādhipa |
śāśvatatvaṃ mahābāho yathāvadbharatarṣabha || 45 ||
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evameṣa mahābāhuḥ keśavaḥ satyavikramaḥ |
acintyaḥ puṇḍarīkākṣo naiṣa kevalamānuṣaḥ || 46 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Chapter 200
The complete Mahabharata (12 Volumes)
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by Bharatha Darshana Bangalore (2003)
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by M. N. Dutt (2008)
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7350 pages; [महाभारत] [Publisher: Gita Press, Gorakhpur] 44 Color and Black/white illustrations.
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by Akshay Library, Kolkata (2019)
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by Dinkar Joshi (દિનકર જોશી) (2010)
14252 pages; [મહાભારત] [Publisher: Pravin Prakashan Pvt. Ltd, Rajkot]
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by Swami Mridananda (2018)
1681 pages; [Publisher: Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur]
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