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 226

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vyāsa uvāca |
bhūtagrāme niyuktaṃ yattadetatkīrtitaṃ mayā |
brāhmaṇasya tu yatkṛtyaṃ tatte vakṣyāmi pṛcchate || 1 ||
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jātakarmaprabhṛtyasya karmaṇāṃ dakṣiṇāvatām |
kriyā syādā samāvṛtterācārye vedapārage || 2 ||
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adhītya vedānakhilānguruśuśrūṣaṇe rataḥ |
gurūṇāmanṛṇo bhūtvā samāvarteta yajñavit || 3 ||
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ācāryeṇābhyanujñātaścaturṇāmekamāśramam |
ā vimokṣāccharīrasya so'nutiṣṭhedyathāvidhi || 4 ||
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prajāsargeṇa dāraiśca brahmacaryeṇa vā punaḥ |
vane gurusakāśe vā yatidharmeṇa vā punaḥ || 5 ||
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gṛhasthastveva sarveṣāṃ caturṇāṃ mūlamucyate |
tatra pakvakaṣāyo hi dāntaḥ sarvatra sidhyati || 6 ||
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prajāvāñśrotriyo yajvā mukto divyaistribhirṛṇaiḥ |
athānyānāśramānpaścātpūto gacchati karmabhiḥ || 7 ||
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yatpṛthivyāṃ puṇyatamaṃ vidyāsthānaṃ tadāvaset |
yateta tasminprāmāṇyaṃ gantuṃ yaśasi cottame || 8 ||
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tapasā vā sumahatā vidyānāṃ pāraṇena vā |
ijyayā vā pradānairvā viprāṇāṃ vardhate yaśaḥ || 9 ||
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yāvadasya bhavatyasmiṃlloke kīrtiryaśaskarī |
tāvatpuṇyakṛtāṃllokānanantānpuruṣo'śnute || 10 ||
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adhyāpayedadhīyīta yājayeta yajeta ca |
na vṛthā pratigṛhṇīyānna ca dadyātkathaṃcana || 11 ||
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yājyataḥ śiṣyato vāpi kanyayā vā dhanaṃ mahat |
yadyāgacchedyajeddadyānnaiko'śnīyātkathaṃcana || 12 ||
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gṛhamāvasato hyasya nānyattīrthaṃ pratigrahāt |
devarṣipitṛgurvarthaṃ vṛddhāturabubhukṣatām || 13 ||
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antarhitābhitaptānāṃ yathāśakti bubhūṣatām |
dravyāṇāmatiśaktyāpi deyameṣāṃ kṛtādapi || 14 ||
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arhatāmanurūpāṇāṃ nādeyaṃ hyasti kiṃcana |
uccaiḥśravasamapyaśvaṃ prāpaṇīyaṃ satāṃ viduḥ || 15 ||
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anunīya tathā kāvyaḥ satyasaṃdho mahāvrataḥ |
svaiḥ prāṇairbrāhmaṇaprāṇānparitrāya divaṃ gataḥ || 16 ||
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rantidevaśca sāṃkṛtyo vasiṣṭhāya mahātmane |
apaḥ pradāya śītoṣṇā nākapṛṣṭhe mahīyate || 17 ||
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ātreyaścandradamayorarhatorvividhaṃ dhanam |
dattvā lokānyayau dhīmānanantānsa mahīpatiḥ || 18 ||
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śibirauśīnaro'ṅgāni sutaṃ ca priyamaurasam |
brāhmaṇārthamupākṛtya nākapṛṣṭhamito gataḥ || 19 ||
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pratardanaḥ kāśipatiḥ pradāya nayane svake |
brāhmaṇāyātulāṃ kīrtimiha cāmutra cāśnute || 20 ||
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divyaṃ mṛṣṭaśalākaṃ tu sauvarṇaṃ paramarddhimat |
chatraṃ devāvṛdho dattvā sarāṣṭro'bhyapataddivam || 21 ||
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sāṃkṛtiśca tathātreyaḥ śiṣyebhyo brahma nirguṇam |
upadiśya mahātejā gato lokānanuttamān || 22 ||
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ambarīṣo gavāṃ dattvā brāhmaṇebhyaḥ pratāpavān |
arbudāni daśaikaṃ ca sarāṣṭro'bhyapataddivam || 23 ||
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sāvitrī kuṇḍale divye śarīraṃ janamejayaḥ |
brāhmaṇārthe parityajya jagmaturlokamuttamam || 24 ||
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sarvaratnaṃ vṛṣādarbho yuvanāśvaḥ priyāḥ striyaḥ |
ramyamāvasathaṃ caiva dattvāmuṃ lokamāsthitaḥ || 25 ||
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nimī rāṣṭraṃ ca vaideho jāmadagnyo vasuṃdharām |
brāhmaṇebhyo dadau cāpi gayaścorvīṃ sapattanām || 26 ||
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avarṣati ca parjanye sarvabhūtāni cāsakṛt |
vasiṣṭho jīvayāmāsa prajāpatiriva prajāḥ || 27 ||
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karaṃdhamasya putrastu marutto nṛpatistathā |
kanyāmaṅgirase dattvā divamāśu jagāma ha || 28 ||
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brahmadattaśca pāñcālyo rājā buddhimatāṃ varaḥ |
nidhiṃ śaṅkhaṃ dvijāgryebhyo dattvā lokānavāptavān || 29 ||
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rājā mitrasahaścāpi vasiṣṭhāya mahātmane |
madayantīṃ priyāṃ dattvā tayā saha divaṃ gataḥ || 30 ||
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sahasrajicca rājarṣiḥ prāṇāniṣṭānmahāyaśāḥ |
brāhmaṇārthe parityajya gato lokānanuttamān || 31 ||
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sarvakāmaiśca saṃpūrṇaṃ dattvā veśma hiraṇmayam |
mudgalāya gataḥ svargaṃ śatadyumno mahīpatiḥ || 32 ||
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nāmnā ca dyutimānnāma śālvarājaḥ pratāpavān |
dattvā rājyamṛcīkāya gato lokānanuttamān || 33 ||
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madirāśvaśca rājarṣirdattvā kanyāṃ sumadhyamām |
hiraṇyahastāya gato lokāndevairabhiṣṭutān || 34 ||
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lomapādaśca rājarṣiḥ śāntāṃ dattvā sutāṃ prabhuḥ |
ṛśyaśṛṅgāya vipulaiḥ sarvakāmairayujyata || 35 ||
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dattvā śatasahasraṃ tu gavāṃ rājā prasenajit |
savatsānāṃ mahātejā gato lokānanuttamān || 36 ||
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ete cānye ca bahavo dānena tapasā ca ha |
mahātmāno gatāḥ svargaṃ śiṣṭātmāno jitendriyāḥ || 37 ||
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teṣāṃ pratiṣṭhitā kīrtiryāvatsthāsyati medinī |
dānayajñaprajāsargairete hi divamāpnuvan || 38 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Chapter 226

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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by Bharatha Darshana Bangalore (2003)

ಶ್ರೇಮಹಭಾರತ [ಮಹಾಭಾರತ]; 13907 pages;

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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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