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 12.271.66

हारिद्रवर्णे रक्ते वा वर्तमानस्तु पार्थिव ।
तिर्यगेवानुपश्येत कर्मभिस्तामसैर्वृतः ॥ ६६ ॥

hāridravarṇe rakte vā vartamānastu pārthiva |
tiryagevānupaśyeta karmabhistāmasairvṛtaḥ || 66 ||

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

...drinks Soma in the night and who becoming Svarbhanu devours Surya also, protect me!{GL_NOTE:175591:} The deities, who are mere infants and who have all sprung from you after Brahman’s creation, enjoy their respective...

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

Haridravarna, Rakta, Rakti, Var, Vartamana, Parthiva, Tiryaga, Ivat, Upa, Shyeta, Karman, Tamasa, Vrit, Vrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 12.271.66). 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: “hāridravarṇe rakte vartamānastu pārthiva
  • hāridravarṇe -
  • hāridravarṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    hāridravarṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • rakte -
  • rakta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    rakta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    raktā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    rakti (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    rag -> rakta (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √rag class 1 verb]
    rag -> rakta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √rag class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √rag class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √rag class 1 verb], [locative single from √rag class 1 verb]
    rag -> raktā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √rag class 1 verb], [vocative single from √rag class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √rag class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √rag class 1 verb]
    raj -> rakta (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √raj class 1 verb], [locative single from √raj class 4 verb]
    raj -> rakta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √raj class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √raj class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √raj class 1 verb], [locative single from √raj class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √raj class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √raj class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √raj class 4 verb], [locative single from √raj class 4 verb]
    raj -> raktā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √raj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √raj class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √raj class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √raj class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √raj class 4 verb], [vocative single from √raj class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √raj class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √raj class 4 verb]
    rañj -> rakta (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √rañj class 1 verb], [locative single from √rañj class 4 verb]
    rañj -> rakta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √rañj class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √rañj class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √rañj class 1 verb], [locative single from √rañj class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √rañj class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √rañj class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √rañj class 4 verb], [locative single from √rañj class 4 verb]
    rañj -> raktā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √rañj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √rañj class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √rañj class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √rañj class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √rañj class 4 verb], [vocative single from √rañj class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √rañj class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √rañj class 4 verb]
  • vā* -
  • vār (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vār (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vartamānas -
  • vartamāna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    vṛt -> vartamāna (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • pārthiva -
  • pārthiva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pārthiva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “tiryagevānupaśyeta karmabhistāmasairvṛtaḥ
  • tiryage -
  • tiryaga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    tiryaga (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    tiryagā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • īvān -
  • īvat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • upa -
  • upa (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    upa (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    upa (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    upa (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • śyeta -
  • śyeta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śyeta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śā (verb class 4)
    [optative active second plural]
  • karmabhis -
  • karman (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • tāmasair -
  • tāmasa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    tāmasa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • vṛtaḥ -
  • vṛt (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    vṛt (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    vṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    vṛ -> vṛta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √vṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √vṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √vṛ class 9 verb]
    vṛ -> vṛta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √vṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √vṛ class 9 verb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 12.271.66

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 12.271.66 in Kannada sript:
ಹಾರಿದ್ರವರ್ಣೇ ರಕ್ತೇ ವಾ ವರ್ತಮಾನಸ್ತು ಪಾರ್ಥಿವ ।
ತಿರ್ಯಗೇವಾನುಪಶ್ಯೇತ ಕರ್ಮಭಿಸ್ತಾಮಸೈರ್ವೃತಃ ॥ ೬೬ ॥

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 12.271.66 in Bengali sript:
হারিদ্রবর্ণে রক্তে বা বর্তমানস্তু পার্থিব ।
তির্যগেবানুপশ্যেত কর্মভিস্তামসৈর্বৃতঃ ॥ ৬৬ ॥

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 12.271.66 in Gujarati sript:
હારિદ્રવર્ણે રક્તે વા વર્તમાનસ્તુ પાર્થિવ ।
તિર્યગેવાનુપશ્યેત કર્મભિસ્તામસૈર્વૃતઃ ॥ ૬૬ ॥

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 12.271.66 in Malayalam sript:
ഹാരിദ്രവര്ണേ രക്തേ വാ വര്തമാനസ്തു പാര്ഥിവ ।
തിര്യഗേവാനുപശ്യേത കര്മഭിസ്താമസൈര്വൃതഃ ॥ ൬൬ ॥

Cover of edition (2018)

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

7248pages

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Preview of verse 12.271.66 in Telugu sript:
హారిద్రవర్ణే రక్తే వా వర్తమానస్తు పార్థివ ।
తిర్యగేవానుపశ్యేత కర్మభిస్తామసైర్వృతః ॥ ౬౬ ॥

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