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 12.203.10

ब्राह्मणो ब्राह्मणैः श्राव्यो राजन्यः क्षत्रियैस्तथा ।
माहात्म्यं देवदेवस्य विष्णोरमिततेजसः ।
अर्हस्त्वमसि कल्याण वार्ष्णेयं शृणु यत्परम् ॥ १० ॥

brāhmaṇo brāhmaṇaiḥ śrāvyo rājanyaḥ kṣatriyaistathā |
māhātmyaṃ devadevasya viṣṇoramitatejasaḥ |
arhastvamasi kalyāṇa vārṣṇeyaṃ śṛṇu yatparam || 10 ||

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

...One day, while thus engaged, the wielder of the thunderbolt beheld Virocana’s son Vali within a certain mountain cave on the sea-shore. Seeing the prince of Danavas, he approached him. Beholding the chief of...

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

Brahmana, Shravya, Rajani, Rajanya, Kshatriya, Tatha, Mahatmya, Devadeva, Vishnu, Amitatejas, Arha, Tva, Yushmad, Asi, Kalyana, Varshneya, Yat, Yad, Param, Para,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 12.203.10). 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: “brāhmaṇo brāhmaṇaiḥ śrāvyo rājanyaḥ kṣatriyaistathā
  • brāhmaṇo* -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • brāhmaṇaiḥ -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • śrāvyo* -
  • śrāvya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śru -> śrāvya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √śru]
  • rājanyaḥ -
  • rājanī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    rājanya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kṣatriyais -
  • kṣatriya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    kṣatriya (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “māhātmyaṃ devadevasya viṣṇoramitatejasaḥ
  • māhātmyam -
  • māhātmya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • devadevasya -
  • devadeva (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • viṣṇor -
  • viṣṇu (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    viṣṇu (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • amitatejasaḥ -
  • amitatejas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    amitatejas (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 3: “arhastvamasi kalyāṇa vārṣṇeyaṃ śṛṇu yatparam
  • arhas -
  • arha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tvam -
  • tva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • asi -
  • asi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    asi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    asī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [present active second single]
  • kalyāṇa -
  • kalyāṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kalyāṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vārṣṇeyam -
  • vārṣṇeya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vārṣṇeya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vārṣṇeyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • śṛṇu -
  • śru (verb class 5)
    [imperative active second single]
  • yat -
  • 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]
  • param -
  • param (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    para (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    para (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 12.203.10

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 12.203.10 in Kannada sript:
ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣೋ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣೈಃ ಶ್ರಾವ್ಯೋ ರಾಜನ್ಯಃ ಕ್ಷತ್ರಿಯೈಸ್ತಥಾ ।
ಮಾಹಾತ್ಮ್ಯಂ ದೇವದೇವಸ್ಯ ವಿಷ್ಣೋರಮಿತತೇಜಸಃ ।
ಅರ್ಹಸ್ತ್ವಮಸಿ ಕಲ್ಯಾಣ ವಾರ್ಷ್ಣೇಯಂ ಶೃಣು ಯತ್ಪರಮ್ ॥ ೧೦ ॥

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 12.203.10 in Bengali sript:
ব্রাহ্মণো ব্রাহ্মণৈঃ শ্রাব্যো রাজন্যঃ ক্ষত্রিযৈস্তথা ।
মাহাত্ম্যং দেবদেবস্য বিষ্ণোরমিততেজসঃ ।
অর্হস্ত্বমসি কল্যাণ বার্ষ্ণেযং শৃণু যত্পরম্ ॥ ১০ ॥

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 12.203.10 in Gujarati sript:
બ્રાહ્મણો બ્રાહ્મણૈઃ શ્રાવ્યો રાજન્યઃ ક્ષત્રિયૈસ્તથા ।
માહાત્મ્યં દેવદેવસ્ય વિષ્ણોરમિતતેજસઃ ।
અર્હસ્ત્વમસિ કલ્યાણ વાર્ષ્ણેયં શૃણુ યત્પરમ્ ॥ ૧૦ ॥

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 12.203.10 in Malayalam sript:
ബ്രാഹ്മണോ ബ്രാഹ്മണൈഃ ശ്രാവ്യോ രാജന്യഃ ക്ഷത്രിയൈസ്തഥാ ।
മാഹാത്മ്യം ദേവദേവസ്യ വിഷ്ണോരമിതതേജസഃ ।
അര്ഹസ്ത്വമസി കല്യാണ വാര്ഷ്ണേയം ശൃണു യത്പരമ് ॥ ൧൦ ॥

Cover of edition (2018)

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

7248pages

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Preview of verse 12.203.10 in Telugu sript:
బ్రాహ్మణో బ్రాహ్మణైః శ్రావ్యో రాజన్యః క్షత్రియైస్తథా ।
మాహాత్మ్యం దేవదేవస్య విష్ణోరమితతేజసః ।
అర్హస్త్వమసి కల్యాణ వార్ష్ణేయం శృణు యత్పరమ్ ॥ ౧౦ ॥

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