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 331
janamejaya uvāca |
brahmansumahadākhyānaṃ bhavatā parikīrtitam |
yacchrutvā munayaḥ sarve vismayaṃ paramaṃ gatāḥ || 1 ||
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idaṃ śatasahasrāddhi bhāratākhyānavistarāt |
āmathya matimanthena jñānodadhimanuttamam || 2 ||
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navanītaṃ yathā dadhno malayāccandanaṃ yathā |
āraṇyakaṃ ca vedebhya oṣadhibhyo'mṛtaṃ yathā || 3 ||
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samuddhṛtamidaṃ brahmankathāmṛtamanuttamam |
taponidhe tvayoktaṃ hi nārāyaṇakathāśrayam || 4 ||
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sa hīśo bhagavāndevaḥ sarvabhūtātmabhāvanaḥ |
aho nārāyaṇaṃ tejo durdarśaṃ dvijasattama || 5 ||
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yatrāviśanti kalpānte sarve brahmādayaḥ surāḥ |
ṛṣayaśca sagandharvā yacca kiṃciccarācaram |
na tato'sti paraṃ manye pāvanaṃ divi ceha ca || 6 ||
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sarvāśramābhigamanaṃ sarvatīrthāvagāhanam |
na tathā phaladaṃ cāpi nārāyaṇakathā yathā || 7 ||
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sarvathā pāvitāḥ smeha śrutvemāmāditaḥ kathām |
harerviśveśvarasyeha sarvapāpapraṇāśanīm || 8 ||
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na citraṃ kṛtavāṃstatra yadāryo me dhanaṃjayaḥ |
vāsudevasahāyo yaḥ prāptavāñjayamuttamam || 9 ||
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na cāsya kiṃcidaprāpyaṃ manye lokeṣvapi triṣu |
trailokyanātho viṣṇuḥ sa yasyāsītsāhyakṛtsakhā || 10 ||
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dhanyāśca sarva evāsanbrahmaṃste mama pūrvakāḥ |
hitāya śreyase caiva yeṣāmāsījjanārdanaḥ || 11 ||
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tapasāpi na dṛśyo hi bhagavāṃllokapūjitaḥ |
yaṃ dṛṣṭavantaste sākṣācchrīvatsāṅkavibhūṣaṇam || 12 ||
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tebhyo dhanyataraścaiva nāradaḥ parameṣṭhijaḥ |
na cālpatejasamṛṣiṃ vedmi nāradamavyayam |
śvetadvīpaṃ samāsādya yena dṛṣṭaḥ svayaṃ hariḥ || 13 ||
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devaprasādānugataṃ vyaktaṃ tattasya darśanam |
yaddṛṣṭavāṃstadā devamaniruddhatanau sthitam || 14 ||
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badarīmāśramaṃ yattu nāradaḥ prādravatpunaḥ |
naranārāyaṇau draṣṭuṃ kiṃ nu tatkāraṇaṃ mune || 15 ||
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śvetadvīpānnivṛttaśca nāradaḥ parameṣṭhijaḥ |
badarīmāśramaṃ prāpya samāgamya ca tāvṛṣī || 16 ||
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kiyantaṃ kālamavasatkāḥ kathāḥ pṛṣṭavāṃśca saḥ |
śvetadvīpādupāvṛtte tasminvā sumahātmani || 17 ||
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kimabrūtāṃ mahātmānau naranārāyaṇāvṛṣī |
tadetanme yathātattvaṃ sarvamākhyātumarhasi || 18 ||
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vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
namo bhagavate tasmai vyāsāyāmitatejase |
yasya prasādādvakṣyāmi nārāyaṇakathāmimām || 19 ||
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prāpya śvetaṃ mahādvīpaṃ dṛṣṭvā ca harimavyayam |
nivṛtto nārado rājaṃstarasā merumāgamat |
hṛdayenodvahanbhāraṃ yaduktaṃ paramātmanā || 20 ||
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paścādasyābhavadrājannātmanaḥ sādhvasaṃ mahat |
yadgatvā dūramadhvānaṃ kṣemī punarihāgataḥ || 21 ||
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tato meroḥ pracakrāma parvataṃ gandhamādanam |
nipapāta ca khāttūrṇaṃ viśālāṃ badarīmanu || 22 ||
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tataḥ sa dadṛśe devau purāṇāvṛṣisattamau |
tapaścarantau sumahadātmaniṣṭhau mahāvratau || 23 ||
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tejasābhyadhikau sūryātsarvalokavirocanāt |
śrīvatsalakṣaṇau pūjyau jaṭāmaṇḍaladhāriṇau || 24 ||
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jālapādabhujau tau tu pādayoścakralakṣaṇau |
vyūḍhoraskau dīrghabhujau tathā muṣkacatuṣkiṇau || 25 ||
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ṣaṣṭidantāvaṣṭadaṃṣṭrau meghaughasadṛśasvanau |
svāsyau pṛthulalāṭau ca suhanū subhrunāsikau || 26 ||
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ātapatreṇa sadṛśe śirasī devayostayoḥ |
evaṃ lakṣaṇasaṃpannau mahāpuruṣasaṃjñitau || 27 ||
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tau dṛṣṭvā nārado hṛṣṭastābhyāṃ ca pratipūjitaḥ |
svāgatenābhibhāṣyātha pṛṣṭaścānāmayaṃ tadā || 28 ||
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babhūvāntargatamatirnirīkṣya puruṣottamau |
sadogatāstatra ye vai sarvabhūtanamaskṛtāḥ || 29 ||
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śvetadvīpe mayā dṛṣṭāstādṛśāvṛṣisattamau |
iti saṃcintya manasā kṛtvā cābhipradakṣiṇam |
upopaviviśe tatra pīṭhe kuśamaye śubhe || 30 ||
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tatastau tapasāṃ vāsau yaśasāṃ tejasāmapi |
ṛṣī śamadamopetau kṛtvā pūrvāhṇikaṃ vidhim || 31 ||
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paścānnāradamavyagrau pādyārghyābhyāṃ prapūjya ca |
pīṭhayoścopaviṣṭau tau kṛtātithyāhnikau nṛpa || 32 ||
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teṣu tatropaviṣṭeṣu sa deśo'bhivyarājata |
ājyāhutimahājvālairyajñavāṭo'gnibhiryathā || 33 ||
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atha nārāyaṇastatra nāradaṃ vākyamabravīt |
sukhopaviṣṭaṃ viśrāntaṃ kṛtātithyaṃ sukhasthitam || 34 ||
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apīdānīṃ sa bhagavānparamātmā sanātanaḥ |
śvetadvīpe tvayā dṛṣṭa āvayoḥ prakṛtiḥ parā || 35 ||
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nārada uvāca |
dṛṣṭo me puruṣaḥ śrīmānviśvarūpadharo'vyayaḥ |
sarve hi lokāstatrasthāstathā devāḥ saharṣibhiḥ |
adyāpi cainaṃ paśyāmi yuvāṃ paśyansanātanau || 36 ||
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yairlakṣaṇairupetaḥ sa hariravyaktarūpadhṛk |
tairlakṣaṇairupetau hi vyaktarūpadharau yuvām || 37 ||
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dṛṣṭau mayā yuvāṃ tatra tasya devasya pārśvataḥ |
iha caivāgato'smyadya visṛṣṭaḥ paramātmanā || 38 ||
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ko hi nāma bhavettasya tejasā yaśasā śriyā |
sadṛśastriṣu lokeṣu ṛte dharmātmajau yuvām || 39 ||
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tena me kathitaṃ pūrvaṃ nāma kṣetrajñasaṃjñitam |
prādurbhāvāśca kathitā bhaviṣyanti hi ye yathā || 40 ||
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tatra ye puruṣāḥ śvetāḥ pañcendriyavivarjitāḥ |
pratibuddhāśca te sarve bhaktāśca puruṣottamam || 41 ||
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te'rcayanti sadā devaṃ taiḥ sārdhaṃ ramate ca saḥ |
priyabhakto hi bhagavānparamātmā dvijapriyaḥ || 42 ||
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ramate so'rcyamāno hi sadā bhāgavatapriyaḥ |
viśvabhuksarvago devo bāndhavo bhaktavatsalaḥ |
sa kartā kāraṇaṃ caiva kāryaṃ cātibaladyutiḥ || 43 ||
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tapasā yojya so''tmānaṃ śvetadvīpātparaṃ hi yat |
teja ityabhivikhyātaṃ svayaṃbhāsāvabhāsitam || 44 ||
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śāntiḥ sā triṣu lokeṣu siddhānāṃ bhāvitātmanām |
etayā śubhayā buddhyā naiṣṭhikaṃ vratamāsthitaḥ || 45 ||
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na tatra sūryastapati na somo'bhivirājate |
na vāyurvāti deveśe tapaścarati duścaram || 46 ||
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vedīmaṣṭatalotsedhāṃ bhūmāvāsthāya viśvabhuk |
ekapādasthito deva ūrdhvabāhurudaṅmukhaḥ |
sāṅgānāvartayanvedāṃstapastepe suduścaram || 47 ||
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yadbrahmā ṛṣayaścaiva svayaṃ paśupatiśca yat |
śeṣāśca vibudhaśreṣṭhā daityadānavarākṣasāḥ || 48 ||
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nāgāḥ suparṇā gandharvāḥ siddhā rājarṣayaśca ye |
havyaṃ kavyaṃ ca satataṃ vidhipūrvaṃ prayuñjate |
kṛtsnaṃ tattasya devasya caraṇāvupatiṣṭhati || 49 ||
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yāḥ kriyāḥ saṃprayuktāstu ekāntagatabuddhibhiḥ |
tāḥ sarvāḥ śirasā devaḥ pratigṛhṇāti vai svayam || 50 ||
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na tasyānyaḥ priyataraḥ pratibuddhairmahātmabhiḥ |
vidyate triṣu lokeṣu tato'smyaikāntikaṃ gataḥ |
iha caivāgatastena visṛṣṭaḥ paramātmanā || 51 ||
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evaṃ me bhagavāndevaḥ svayamākhyātavānhariḥ |
āsiṣye tatparo bhūtvā yuvābhyāṃ saha nityaśaḥ || 52 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Chapter 331
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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by Bharatha Darshana Bangalore (2003)
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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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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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by Dinkar Joshi (દિનકર જોશી) (2010)
14252 pages; [મહાભારત] [Publisher: Pravin Prakashan Pvt. Ltd, Rajkot]
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Shri Mahabharatam in Malayalam (2 volumes)
by Swami Mridananda (2018)
1681 pages; [Publisher: Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur]
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