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 12.276.57

पृच्छतस्ते मया तात श्रेय एतदुदाहृतम् ।
न हि शक्यं प्रधानेन श्रेयः संख्यातुमात्मनः ॥ ५७ ॥

pṛcchataste mayā tāta śreya etadudāhṛtam |
na hi śakyaṃ pradhānena śreyaḥ saṃkhyātumātmanaḥ || 57 ||

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

...own nature (and not of their acts of past lives). People never recollect in their next lives the acts done by them in previous ones. For explaining the acquisition of fruits in any particular life people seldom...

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

Pricchat, Tad, Yushmad, Maya, Asmad, Tata, Shreyah, Shreyas, Shreya, Etad, Udahrita, Shakya, Pradhana, Sankhya, Uma, Mana, Manas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 12.276.57). 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: “pṛcchataste mayā tāta śreya etadudāhṛtam
  • pṛcchatas -
  • praś -> pṛcchat (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √praś class 6 verb], [ablative single from √praś class 6 verb], [genitive single from √praś class 6 verb]
    praś -> pṛcchat (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √praś class 6 verb], [genitive single from √praś class 6 verb]
    pṛcchat (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    pṛcchat (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    pṛcchat (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    praś (verb class 6)
    [present active third dual]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • mayā -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    mayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [instrumental single]
  • tāta -
  • tāta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śreya* -
  • śreyaḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    śreyas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    śreyas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    śrā -> śreya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √śrā class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śrā class 2 verb], [nominative single from √śrā class 4 verb]
    śrai -> śreya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √śrai class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śrai class 2 verb], [nominative single from √śrai class 4 verb]
    śri -> śreya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √śri class 1 verb]
    śrī -> śreya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √śrī class 9 verb]
  • etad -
  • etad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    etad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    etad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • udāhṛtam -
  • udāhṛta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    udāhṛta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    udāhṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “na hi śakyaṃ pradhānena śreyaḥ saṃkhyātumātmanaḥ
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • śakyam -
  • śakya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śakya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śakyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    śak -> śakya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √śak class 5 verb]
    śak -> śakya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √śak class 5 verb], [accusative single from √śak class 5 verb]
  • pradhānena -
  • pradhāna (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    pradhāna (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • śreyaḥ -
  • śreyaḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    śreyas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    śreyas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    śrā -> śreya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √śrā class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śrā class 2 verb], [nominative single from √śrā class 4 verb]
    śrai -> śreya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √śrai class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śrai class 2 verb], [nominative single from √śrai class 4 verb]
    śri -> śreya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √śri class 1 verb]
    śrī -> śreya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √śrī class 9 verb]
  • saṅkhyāt -
  • saṅkhya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    saṅkhya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • umāt -
  • uma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • manaḥ -
  • manas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    mana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 12.276.57

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 12.276.57 in Kannada sript:
ಪೃಚ್ಛತಸ್ತೇ ಮಯಾ ತಾತ ಶ್ರೇಯ ಏತದುದಾಹೃತಮ್ ।
ನ ಹಿ ಶಕ್ಯಂ ಪ್ರಧಾನೇನ ಶ್ರೇಯಃ ಸಂಖ್ಯಾತುಮಾತ್ಮನಃ ॥ ೫೭ ॥

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 12.276.57 in Bengali sript:
পৃচ্ছতস্তে মযা তাত শ্রেয এতদুদাহৃতম্ ।
ন হি শক্যং প্রধানেন শ্রেযঃ সংখ্যাতুমাত্মনঃ ॥ ৫৭ ॥

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 12.276.57 in Gujarati sript:
પૃચ્છતસ્તે મયા તાત શ્રેય એતદુદાહૃતમ્ ।
ન હિ શક્યં પ્રધાનેન શ્રેયઃ સંખ્યાતુમાત્મનઃ ॥ ૫૭ ॥

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 12.276.57 in Malayalam sript:
പൃച്ഛതസ്തേ മയാ താത ശ്രേയ ഏതദുദാഹൃതമ് ।
ന ഹി ശക്യം പ്രധാനേന ശ്രേയഃ സംഖ്യാതുമാത്മനഃ ॥ ൫൭ ॥

Cover of edition (2018)

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

7248pages

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Preview of verse 12.276.57 in Telugu sript:
పృచ్ఛతస్తే మయా తాత శ్రేయ ఏతదుదాహృతమ్ ।
న హి శక్యం ప్రధానేన శ్రేయః సంఖ్యాతుమాత్మనః ॥ ౫౭ ॥

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