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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 12.328.14
तस्मात्सर्वाः प्रवर्तन्ते सर्गप्रलयविक्रियाः ।
ततो यज्ञश्च यष्टा च पुराणः पुरुषो विराट् ।
अनिरुद्ध इति प्रोक्तो लोकानां प्रभवाप्ययः ॥ १४ ॥
tasmātsarvāḥ pravartante sargapralayavikriyāḥ |
tato yajñaśca yaṣṭā ca purāṇaḥ puruṣo virāṭ |
aniruddha iti prokto lokānāṃ prabhavāpyayaḥ || 14 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
...for conferring felicity both here and hereafter. The inhabitants of those realms where Brahmanas have no certain means of support (from lands or other kinds of property assigned to them) become very miserable...
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 (12.328.14). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Tasmat, Tad, Saru, Sarva, Prava, Ritam, Yushmad, Sarga, Pralaya, Vikriya, Tatah, Tata, Yajna, Yashtri, Purana, Puranas, Purusha, Viraj, Aniruddha, Iti, Prokta, Loka, Prabhava, Prabhavan, Apyaya,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 12.328.14). 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: “tasmātsarvāḥ pravartante sargapralayavikriyāḥ ”
- tasmāt -
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tasmāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (noun, neuter)[ablative single]sa (noun, masculine)[ablative single]
- sarvāḥ -
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saru (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]sarva (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]sarvā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- pravar -
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prava (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]prava (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]pravā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ṛtan -
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ṛtam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- sarga -
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sarga (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- pralaya -
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pralaya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- vikriyāḥ -
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vikriyā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- Line 2: “tato yajñaśca yaṣṭā ca purāṇaḥ puruṣo virāṭ ”
- tato* -
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tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]tata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]sa (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
- yajñaś -
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yajña (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- yaṣṭā -
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yaṣṭṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√yaj (verb class 1)[periphrastic-future active third single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- purāṇaḥ -
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purāṇas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]purāṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- puruṣo* -
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puruṣa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- virāṭ -
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virāj (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
- Line 3: “aniruddha iti prokto lokānāṃ prabhavāpyayaḥ ”
- aniruddha* -
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aniruddha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- iti -
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iti (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]iti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- prokto* -
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prokta (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- lokānām -
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loka (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]
- prabhavā -
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prabhava (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]prabhava (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]prabhavan (noun, masculine)[compound], [nominative single]prabhavan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]prabhavā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- apyayaḥ -
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apyaya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 12.328.14
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 12.328.14 in Kannada sript:
ತಸ್ಮಾತ್ಸರ್ವಾಃ ಪ್ರವರ್ತನ್ತೇ ಸರ್ಗಪ್ರಲಯವಿಕ್ರಿಯಾಃ ।
ತತೋ ಯಜ್ಞಶ್ಚ ಯಷ್ಟಾ ಚ ಪುರಾಣಃ ಪುರುಷೋ ವಿರಾಟ್ ।
ಅನಿರುದ್ಧ ಇತಿ ಪ್ರೋಕ್ತೋ ಲೋಕಾನಾಂ ಪ್ರಭವಾಪ್ಯಯಃ ॥ ೧೪ ॥
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 12.328.14 in Bengali sript:
তস্মাত্সর্বাঃ প্রবর্তন্তে সর্গপ্রলযবিক্রিযাঃ ।
ততো যজ্ঞশ্চ যষ্টা চ পুরাণঃ পুরুষো বিরাট্ ।
অনিরুদ্ধ ইতি প্রোক্তো লোকানাং প্রভবাপ্যযঃ ॥ ১৪ ॥
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 12.328.14 in Gujarati sript:
તસ્માત્સર્વાઃ પ્રવર્તન્તે સર્ગપ્રલયવિક્રિયાઃ ।
તતો યજ્ઞશ્ચ યષ્ટા ચ પુરાણઃ પુરુષો વિરાટ્ ।
અનિરુદ્ધ ઇતિ પ્રોક્તો લોકાનાં પ્રભવાપ્યયઃ ॥ ૧૪ ॥
Shri Mahabharatam in Malayalam (2 volumes)
by Swami Mridananda (2018)
1681 pages; [Publisher: Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur]
Buy now!Preview of verse 12.328.14 in Malayalam sript:
തസ്മാത്സര്വാഃ പ്രവര്തന്തേ സര്ഗപ്രലയവിക്രിയാഃ ।
തതോ യജ്ഞശ്ച യഷ്ടാ ച പുരാണഃ പുരുഷോ വിരാട് ।
അനിരുദ്ധ ഇതി പ്രോക്തോ ലോകാനാം പ്രഭവാപ്യയഃ ॥ ൧൪ ॥
Mahabharata in Telugu (7 Volumes)
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2018)
7248pages
Buy now!Preview of verse 12.328.14 in Telugu sript:
తస్మాత్సర్వాః ప్రవర్తన్తే సర్గప్రలయవిక్రియాః ।
తతో యజ్ఞశ్చ యష్టా చ పురాణః పురుషో విరాట్ ।
అనిరుద్ధ ఇతి ప్రోక్తో లోకానాం ప్రభవాప్యయః ॥ ౧౪ ॥