Mahabharata [sanskrit]

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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 12.286.1

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पराशर उवाच ।
पिता सखायो गुरवः स्त्रियश्च न निर्गुणा नाम भवन्ति लोके ।
अनन्यभक्ताः प्रियवादिनश्च हिताश्च वश्याश्च तथैव राजन् ॥ १ ॥

parāśara uvāca |
pitā sakhāyo guravaḥ striyaśca na nirguṇā nāma bhavanti loke |
ananyabhaktāḥ priyavādinaśca hitāśca vaśyāśca tathaiva rājan || 1 ||

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

...Emancipation. You are well-acquainted with it. We have heard, O bird, that you are possessed of great learning, and eloquent and wise of speech. O bird, what dost you think is the highest of all objects? O high...
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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 (12.286.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Parashara, Pitri, Sakhi, Guru, Stri, Nirguna, Naman, Bhavanti, Bhavat, Bhavant, Loka, Ananya, Bhakta, Priyavadin, Hita, Vashi, Vashya, Tatha, Rajan, Rajat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 12.286.1). 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: “parāśara uvāca ”
parāśara* -
parāśara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “pitā sakhāyo guravaḥ striyaśca na nirguṇā nāma bhavanti loke ”
pitā -
pitṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]
sakhāyo* -
sakhi (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
guravaḥ -
guru (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
striyaś -
strī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nirguṇā* -
nirguṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

nirguṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
nāma -
nāman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
bhavanti -
bhavanti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

bhavantī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

bhavat (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

bhavant (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
loke -
loka (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

√lok (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
Line 3: “ananyabhaktāḥ priyavādinaśca hitāśca vaśyāśca tathaiva rājan ”
ananya -
ananya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ananya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhaktāḥ -
bhakta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

bhaktā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
priyavādinaś -
priyavādin (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

priyavādin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
hitāś -
hita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

hitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√hi -> hita (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √hi class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √hi class 5 verb]

√hi -> hitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √hi class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √hi class 5 verb], [accusative plural from √hi class 5 verb]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vaśyāś -
vaśi (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

vaśī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

vaśya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vaśyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√vaś -> vaśya (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √vaś class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vaś class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √vaś class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √vaś class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √vaś class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √vaś class 3 verb]

√vaś -> vaśyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √vaś class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vaś class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √vaś class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √vaś class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √vaś class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √vaś class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √vaś class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √vaś class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √vaś class 3 verb]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tathai -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
rājan -
rājan (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

√rāj -> rājat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √rāj class 1 verb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 12.286.1

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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Preview of verse 12.286.1 in Kannada sript:
ಪರಾಶರ ಉವಾಚ ।
ಪಿತಾ ಸಖಾಯೋ ಗುರವಃ ಸ್ತ್ರಿಯಶ್ಚ ನ ನಿರ್ಗುಣಾ ನಾಮ ಭವನ್ತಿ ಲೋಕೇ ।
ಅನನ್ಯಭಕ್ತಾಃ ಪ್ರಿಯವಾದಿನಶ್ಚ ಹಿತಾಶ್ಚ ವಶ್ಯಾಶ್ಚ ತಥೈವ ರಾಜನ್ ॥ ೧ ॥

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)]

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Preview of verse 12.286.1 in Bengali sript:
পরাশর উবাচ ।
পিতা সখাযো গুরবঃ স্ত্রিযশ্চ ন নির্গুণা নাম ভবন্তি লোকে ।
অনন্যভক্তাঃ প্রিযবাদিনশ্চ হিতাশ্চ বশ্যাশ্চ তথৈব রাজন্ ॥ ১ ॥

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 12.286.1 in Gujarati sript:
પરાશર ઉવાચ ।
પિતા સખાયો ગુરવઃ સ્ત્રિયશ્ચ ન નિર્ગુણા નામ ભવન્તિ લોકે ।
અનન્યભક્તાઃ પ્રિયવાદિનશ્ચ હિતાશ્ચ વશ્યાશ્ચ તથૈવ રાજન્ ॥ ૧ ॥

Shri Mahabharatam in Malayalam (2 volumes)
by Swami Mridananda (2018)

1681 pages; [Publisher: Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur]

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Preview of verse 12.286.1 in Malayalam sript:
പരാശര ഉവാച ।
പിതാ സഖായോ ഗുരവഃ സ്ത്രിയശ്ച ന നിര്ഗുണാ നാമ ഭവന്തി ലോകേ ।
അനന്യഭക്താഃ പ്രിയവാദിനശ്ച ഹിതാശ്ച വശ്യാശ്ച തഥൈവ രാജന് ॥ ൧ ॥

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

7248pages

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Preview of verse 12.286.1 in Telugu sript:
పరాశర ఉవాచ ।
పితా సఖాయో గురవః స్త్రియశ్చ న నిర్గుణా నామ భవన్తి లోకే ।
అనన్యభక్తాః ప్రియవాదినశ్చ హితాశ్చ వశ్యాశ్చ తథైవ రాజన్ ॥ ౧ ॥

Last Updated: 17 September, 2021