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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 12.271.33
षड्जीववर्णाः परमं प्रमाणं कृष्णो धूम्रो नीलमथास्य मध्यम् ।
रक्तं पुनः सह्यतरं सुखं तु हारिद्रवर्णं सुसुखं च शुक्लम् ॥ ३३ ॥
ṣaḍjīvavarṇāḥ paramaṃ pramāṇaṃ kṛṣṇo dhūmro nīlamathāsya madhyam |
raktaṃ punaḥ sahyataraṃ sukhaṃ tu hāridravarṇaṃ susukhaṃ ca śuklam || 33 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
...his words, deeds and thoughts under control.{GL_NOTE:175580:} You are the four Yugas, you are the four Vedas, you are He from whom the four (Sacrificial) fires have flowed.{GL_NOTE:175581:} You are the Director...
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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 (12.271.33). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Shat, Shash, Jiva, Jivan, Varna, Paramam, Parama, Pramana, Krishna, Dhumra, Nila, Atha, Idam, Madhyam, Madhya, Rakta, Puna, Sukham, Sukha, Haridravarna, Susukha, Shukla,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 12.271.33). 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: “ṣaḍjīvavarṇāḥ paramaṃ pramāṇaṃ kṛṣṇo dhūmro nīlamathāsya madhyam ”
- ṣaḍ -
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ṣaṭ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ṣaṣ (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]ṣaṣ (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- jīva -
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jīva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]jīva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]jīvan (noun, masculine)[compound]jīvan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]√jīv (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- varṇāḥ -
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varṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]varṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- paramam -
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paramam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]parama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]parama (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]paramā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- pramāṇam -
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pramāṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]pramāṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- kṛṣṇo* -
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kṛṣṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- dhūmro* -
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dhūmra (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- nīlam -
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nīla (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]nīla (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]nīlā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- athā -
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athā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]atha (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- asya -
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√as -> asya (absolutive)[absolutive from √as]a (noun, masculine)[genitive single]idam (pronoun, masculine)[genitive single]idam (pronoun, neuter)[genitive single]√as (verb class 4)[imperative active second single]
- madhyam -
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madhyam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]madhya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]madhya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]madhyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “raktaṃ punaḥ sahyataraṃ sukhaṃ tu hāridravarṇaṃ susukhaṃ ca śuklam ”
- raktam -
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rakta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]rakta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]raktā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√rag -> rakta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √rag class 1 verb]√rag -> rakta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √rag class 1 verb], [accusative single from √rag class 1 verb]√raj -> rakta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √raj class 1 verb], [accusative single from √raj class 4 verb]√raj -> rakta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √raj class 1 verb], [accusative single from √raj class 1 verb], [nominative single from √raj class 4 verb], [accusative single from √raj class 4 verb]√rañj -> rakta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √rañj class 1 verb], [accusative single from √rañj class 4 verb]√rañj -> rakta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √rañj class 1 verb], [accusative single from √rañj class 1 verb], [nominative single from √rañj class 4 verb], [accusative single from √rañj class 4 verb]
- punaḥ -
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pu (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]puna (noun, masculine)[nominative single]pū (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- sahyata -
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√sah (verb class 4)[imperative active second plural]
- ram -
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ra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]rā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- sukham -
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sukham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sukha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sukha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sukhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- hāridravarṇam -
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hāridravarṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]hāridravarṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- susukham -
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susukha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]susukha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]susukhā (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]
- śuklam -
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śukla (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śukla (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śuklā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 12.271.33
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 12.271.33 in Kannada sript:
ಷಡ್ಜೀವವರ್ಣಾಃ ಪರಮಂ ಪ್ರಮಾಣಂ ಕೃಷ್ಣೋ ಧೂಮ್ರೋ ನೀಲಮಥಾಸ್ಯ ಮಧ್ಯಮ್ ।
ರಕ್ತಂ ಪುನಃ ಸಹ್ಯತರಂ ಸುಖಂ ತು ಹಾರಿದ್ರವರ್ಣಂ ಸುಸುಖಂ ಚ ಶುಕ್ಲಮ್ ॥ ೩೩ ॥
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 12.271.33 in Bengali sript:
ষড্জীববর্ণাঃ পরমং প্রমাণং কৃষ্ণো ধূম্রো নীলমথাস্য মধ্যম্ ।
রক্তং পুনঃ সহ্যতরং সুখং তু হারিদ্রবর্ণং সুসুখং চ শুক্লম্ ॥ ৩৩ ॥
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 12.271.33 in Gujarati sript:
ષડ્જીવવર્ણાઃ પરમં પ્રમાણં કૃષ્ણો ધૂમ્રો નીલમથાસ્ય મધ્યમ્ ।
રક્તં પુનઃ સહ્યતરં સુખં તુ હારિદ્રવર્ણં સુસુખં ચ શુક્લમ્ ॥ ૩૩ ॥
Shri Mahabharatam in Malayalam (2 volumes)
by Swami Mridananda (2018)
1681 pages; [Publisher: Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur]
Buy now!Preview of verse 12.271.33 in Malayalam sript:
ഷഡ്ജീവവര്ണാഃ പരമം പ്രമാണം കൃഷ്ണോ ധൂമ്രോ നീലമഥാസ്യ മധ്യമ് ।
രക്തം പുനഃ സഹ്യതരം സുഖം തു ഹാരിദ്രവര്ണം സുസുഖം ച ശുക്ലമ് ॥ ൩൩ ॥
Mahabharata in Telugu (7 Volumes)
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2018)
7248pages
Buy now!Preview of verse 12.271.33 in Telugu sript:
షడ్జీవవర్ణాః పరమం ప్రమాణం కృష్ణో ధూమ్రో నీలమథాస్య మధ్యమ్ ।
రక్తం పునః సహ్యతరం సుఖం తు హారిద్రవర్ణం సుసుఖం చ శుక్లమ్ ॥ ౩౩ ॥