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 278

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yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
tiṣṭhate me sadā tāta kautūhalamidaṃ hṛdi |
tadahaṃ śrotumicchāmi tvattaḥ kurupitāmaha || 1 ||
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kathaṃ devarṣiruśanā sadā kāvyo mahāmatiḥ |
asurāṇāṃ priyakaraḥ surāṇāmapriye rataḥ || 2 ||
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vardhayāmāsa tejaśca kimarthamamitaujasām |
nityaṃ vairanibaddhāśca dānavāḥ surasattamaiḥ || 3 ||
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kathaṃ cāpyuśanā prāpa śukratvamamaradyutiḥ |
ṛddhiṃ ca sa kathaṃ prāptaḥ sarvametadbravīhi me || 4 ||
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na yāti ca sa tejasvī madhyena nabhasaḥ katham |
etadicchāmi vijñātuṃ nikhilena pitāmaha || 5 ||
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bhīṣma uvāca |
śṛṇu rājannavahitaḥ sarvametadyathātatham |
yathāmati yathā caitacchrutapūrvaṃ mayānagha || 6 ||
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eṣa bhārgavadāyādo muniḥ satyo dṛḍhavrataḥ |
asurāṇāṃ priyakaro nimitte karuṇātmake || 7 ||
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indro'tha dhanado rājā yakṣarakṣodhipaḥ sa ca |
prabhaviṣṇuśca kośasya jagataśca tathā prabhuḥ || 8 ||
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tasyātmānamathāviśya yogasiddho mahāmuniḥ |
ruddhvā dhanapatiṃ devaṃ yogena hṛtavānvasu || 9 ||
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hṛte dhane tataḥ śarma na lebhe dhanadastathā |
āpannamanyuḥ saṃvignaḥ so'bhyagātsurasattamam || 10 ||
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nivedayāmāsa tadā śivāyāmitatejase |
devaśreṣṭhāya rudrāya saumyāya bahurūpiṇe || 11 ||
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kubera uvāca |
yogātmakenośanasā ruddhvā mama hṛtaṃ vasu |
yogenātmagatiṃ kṛtvā niḥsṛtaśca mahātapāḥ || 12 ||
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bhīṣma uvāca |
etacchrutvā tataḥ kruddho mahāyogī maheśvaraḥ |
saṃraktanayano rājañśūlamādāya tasthivān || 13 ||
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kvāsvau kvāsāviti prāha gṛhītvā paramāyudham |
uśanā dūratastasya babhau jñātvā cikīrṣitam || 14 ||
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sa mahāyogino buddhvā taṃ roṣaṃ vai mahātmanaḥ |
gatimāgamanaṃ vetti sthānaṃ vetti tataḥ prabhuḥ || 15 ||
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saṃcintyogreṇa tapasā mahātmānaṃ maheśvaram |
uśanā yogasiddhātmā śūlāgre pratyadṛśyata || 16 ||
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vijñātarūpaḥ sa tadā tapaḥsiddhena dhanvinā |
jñātvā śūlaṃ ca deveśaḥ pāṇinā samanāmayat || 17 ||
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ānatenātha śūlena pāṇināmitatejasā |
pinākamiti covāca śūlamugrāyudhaḥ prabhuḥ || 18 ||
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pāṇimadhyagataṃ dṛṣṭvā bhārgavaṃ tamumāpatiḥ |
āsyaṃ vivṛtya kakudī pāṇiṃ saṃprākṣipacchanaiḥ || 19 ||
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sa tu praviṣṭa uśanā koṣṭhaṃ māheśvaraṃ prabhuḥ |
vyacaraccāpi tatrāsau mahātmā bhṛgunandanaḥ || 20 ||
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yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
kimarthaṃ vyacaradrājannuśanā tasya dhīmataḥ |
jaṭhare devadevasya kiṃ cākārṣīnmahādyutiḥ || 21 ||
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bhīṣma uvāca |
purā so'ntarjalagataḥ sthāṇubhūto mahāvrataḥ |
varṣāṇāmabhavadrājanprayutānyarbudāni ca || 22 ||
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udatiṣṭhattapastaptvā duścaraṃ sa mahāhradāt |
tato devātidevastaṃ brahmā samupasarpata || 23 ||
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tapovṛddhimapṛcchacca kuśalaṃ cainamavyayam |
tapaḥ sucīrṇamiti ca provāca vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ || 24 ||
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tatsaṃyogena vṛddhiṃ cāpyapaśyatsa tu śaṃkaraḥ |
mahāmatiracintyātmā satyadharmarataḥ sadā || 25 ||
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sa tenāḍhyo mahāyogī tapasā ca dhanena ca |
vyarājata mahārāja triṣu lokeṣu vīryavān || 26 ||
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tataḥ pinākī yogātmā dhyānayogaṃ samāviśat |
uśanā tu samudvigno nililye jaṭhare tataḥ || 27 ||
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tuṣṭāva ca mahāyogī devaṃ tatrastha eva ca |
niḥsāraṃ kāṅkṣamāṇastu tejasā pratyahanyata || 28 ||
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uśanā tu tadovāca jaṭharastho mahāmuniḥ |
prasādaṃ me kuruṣveti punaḥ punarariṃdama || 29 ||
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tamuvāca mahādevo gaccha śiśnena mokṣaṇam |
iti srotāṃsi sarvāṇi ruddhvā tridaśapuṃgavaḥ || 30 ||
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apaśyamānaḥ sa dvāraṃ sarvataḥpihito muniḥ |
paryakrāmaddahyamāna itaścetaśca tejasā || 31 ||
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sa viniṣkramya śiśnena śukratvamabhipedivān |
kāryeṇa tena nabhaso nāgacchata ca madhyataḥ || 32 ||
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niṣkrāntamatha taṃ dṛṣṭvā jvalantamiva tejasā |
bhavo roṣasamāviṣṭaḥ śūlodyatakaraḥ sthitaḥ || 33 ||
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nyavārayata taṃ devī kruddhaṃ paśupatiṃ patim |
putratvamagamaddevyā vārite śaṃkare ca saḥ || 34 ||
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devyuvāca |
hiṃsanīyastvayā naiṣa mama putratvamāgataḥ |
na hi devodarātkaścinniḥsṛto nāśamarchati || 35 ||
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bhīṣma uvāca |
tataḥ prīto'bhavaddevyāḥ prahasaṃścedamabravīt |
gacchatveṣa yathākāmamiti rājanpunaḥ punaḥ || 36 ||
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tataḥ praṇamya varadaṃ devaṃ devīmumāṃ tathā |
uśanā prāpa taddhīmāngatimiṣṭāṃ mahāmuniḥ || 37 ||
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etatte kathitaṃ tāta bhārgavasya mahātmanaḥ |
caritaṃ bharataśreṣṭha yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi || 38 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Chapter 278

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;

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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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