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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 12.309.8
गण्यमानेषु वर्षेषु क्षीयमाणे तथायुषि ।
जीविते शिष्यमाणे च किमुत्थाय न धावसि ॥ ८ ॥
gaṇyamāneṣu varṣeṣu kṣīyamāṇe tathāyuṣi |
jīvite śiṣyamāṇe ca kimutthāya na dhāvasi || 8 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
...son, act according to all the instructions I have given you! The man possessed of true vision, beholding this world to be only a field of action, should, from desire of felicity in the next world, do acts that...
English translation by Kisari Mohan Ganguly (2013) Read online Buy now!
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (12.309.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Ganya, Ana, Varsha, Kshiyamana, Tatha, Ayus, Jivita, Shishyamana, Kim, Utthaya, Uttha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “gaṇyamāneṣu varṣeṣu kṣīyamāṇe tathāyuṣi ”
- gaṇyam -
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gaṇya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]gaṇya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]gaṇyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- āneṣu -
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āna (noun, masculine)[locative plural]
- varṣeṣu -
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varṣa (noun, masculine)[locative plural]varṣa (noun, neuter)[locative plural]
- kṣīyamāṇe -
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kṣīyamāṇa (noun, masculine)[locative single]kṣīyamāṇa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]kṣīyamāṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√kṣai -> kṣīyamāṇa (participle, masculine)[locative single from √kṣai class 1 verb]√kṣai -> kṣīyamāṇa (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √kṣai class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √kṣai class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √kṣai class 1 verb], [locative single from √kṣai class 1 verb]√kṣai -> kṣīyamāṇā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √kṣai class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kṣai class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √kṣai class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √kṣai class 1 verb]√kṣī -> kṣīyamāṇa (participle, masculine)[locative single from √kṣī class 1 verb], [locative single from √kṣī class 5 verb], [locative single from √kṣī class 9 verb]√kṣī -> kṣīyamāṇa (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √kṣī class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √kṣī class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √kṣī class 1 verb], [locative single from √kṣī class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √kṣī class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √kṣī class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √kṣī class 5 verb], [locative single from √kṣī class 5 verb], [nominative dual from √kṣī class 9 verb], [vocative dual from √kṣī class 9 verb], [accusative dual from √kṣī class 9 verb], [locative single from √kṣī class 9 verb]√kṣī -> kṣīyamāṇā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √kṣī class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kṣī class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √kṣī class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √kṣī class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √kṣī class 5 verb], [vocative single from √kṣī class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √kṣī class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √kṣī class 5 verb], [nominative dual from √kṣī class 9 verb], [vocative single from √kṣī class 9 verb], [vocative dual from √kṣī class 9 verb], [accusative dual from √kṣī class 9 verb]
- tathā -
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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]
- āyuṣi -
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āyus (noun, masculine)[locative single]āyus (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- Line 2: “jīvite śiṣyamāṇe ca kimutthāya na dhāvasi ”
- jīvite -
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jīvita (noun, masculine)[locative single]jīvita (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]jīvitā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√jīv -> jīvita (participle, masculine)[locative single from √jīv class 1 verb]√jīv -> jīvita (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √jīv class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √jīv class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √jīv class 1 verb], [locative single from √jīv class 1 verb]√jīv -> jīvitā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √jīv class 1 verb], [vocative single from √jīv class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √jīv class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √jīv class 1 verb]
- śiṣyamāṇe -
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√śās -> śiṣyamāṇa (participle, masculine)[locative single from √śās class 2 verb]√śās -> śiṣyamāṇa (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √śās class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √śās class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √śās class 2 verb], [locative single from √śās class 2 verb]√śās -> śiṣyamāṇā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √śās class 2 verb], [vocative single from √śās class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √śās class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √śās class 2 verb]√śiṣ -> śiṣyamāṇa (participle, masculine)[locative single from √śiṣ class 1 verb], [locative single from √śiṣ class 7 verb]√śiṣ -> śiṣyamāṇa (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √śiṣ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √śiṣ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √śiṣ class 1 verb], [locative single from √śiṣ class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √śiṣ class 7 verb], [vocative dual from √śiṣ class 7 verb], [accusative dual from √śiṣ class 7 verb], [locative single from √śiṣ class 7 verb]√śiṣ -> śiṣyamāṇā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √śiṣ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √śiṣ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √śiṣ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √śiṣ class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √śiṣ class 7 verb], [vocative single from √śiṣ class 7 verb], [vocative dual from √śiṣ class 7 verb], [accusative dual from √śiṣ class 7 verb]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- utthāya -
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utthāya (indeclinable)[indeclinable]uttha (noun, masculine)[dative single]uttha (noun, neuter)[dative single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dhāvasi -
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√dhāv (verb class 1)[present active second single]√dhāv (verb class 1)[present active second single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 12.309.8
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 12.309.8 in Kannada sript:
ಗಣ್ಯಮಾನೇಷು ವರ್ಷೇಷು ಕ್ಷೀಯಮಾಣೇ ತಥಾಯುಷಿ ।
ಜೀವಿತೇ ಶಿಷ್ಯಮಾಣೇ ಚ ಕಿಮುತ್ಥಾಯ ನ ಧಾವಸಿ ॥ ೮ ॥
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 12.309.8 in Bengali sript:
গণ্যমানেষু বর্ষেষু ক্ষীযমাণে তথাযুষি ।
জীবিতে শিষ্যমাণে চ কিমুত্থায ন ধাবসি ॥ ৮ ॥
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 12.309.8 in Gujarati sript:
ગણ્યમાનેષુ વર્ષેષુ ક્ષીયમાણે તથાયુષિ ।
જીવિતે શિષ્યમાણે ચ કિમુત્થાય ન ધાવસિ ॥ ૮ ॥
Shri Mahabharatam in Malayalam (2 volumes)
by Swami Mridananda (2018)
1681 pages; [Publisher: Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur]
Buy now!Preview of verse 12.309.8 in Malayalam sript:
ഗണ്യമാനേഷു വര്ഷേഷു ക്ഷീയമാണേ തഥായുഷി ।
ജീവിതേ ശിഷ്യമാണേ ച കിമുത്ഥായ ന ധാവസി ॥ ൮ ॥
Mahabharata in Telugu (7 Volumes)
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2018)
7248pages
Buy now!Preview of verse 12.309.8 in Telugu sript:
గణ్యమానేషు వర్షేషు క్షీయమాణే తథాయుషి ।
జీవితే శిష్యమాణే చ కిముత్థాయ న ధావసి ॥ ౮ ॥