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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 12.339.16
यत्तत्कृत्स्नं लोकतन्त्रस्य धाम वेद्यं परं बोधनीयं सबोद्धृ ।
मन्ता मन्तव्यं प्राशिता प्राशितव्यं घ्राता घ्रेयं स्पर्शिता स्पर्शनीयम् ॥ १६ ॥
yattatkṛtsnaṃ lokatantrasya dhāma vedyaṃ paraṃ bodhanīyaṃ saboddhṛ |
mantā mantavyaṃ prāśitā prāśitavyaṃ ghrātā ghreyaṃ sparśitā sparśanīyam || 16 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
...go by diverse names such as Sankhya, Yoga, the Panca-ratra, Vedas, and Pasupati. The promulgator of Sankhya cult is said to be the great Rishi Kapila. The primeval Hiranyagarbha, and none else, is the promulgator...
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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 (12.339.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Yat, Yad, Tat, Tad, Kritsna, Lokatantra, Dhama, Dhaman, Vedya, Param, Para, Bodhaniya, Mantri, Mantavya, Prashitri, Prashita, Prashitavya, Ghrata, Ghreya, Sparshitri, Sparshita, Sparshaniya,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 12.339.16). 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: “yattatkṛtsnaṃ lokatantrasya dhāma vedyaṃ paraṃ bodhanīyaṃ saboddhṛ ”
- yat -
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yat (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yat (noun, masculine)[compound]yad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]yat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√i -> yat (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- tat -
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tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- kṛtsnam -
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kṛtsna (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kṛtsna (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]kṛtsnā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- lokatantrasya -
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lokatantra (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- dhāma -
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dhāma (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dhāma (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]dhāman (noun, masculine)[compound]dhāman (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√dhā (verb class 2)[imperative active first plural]
- vedyam -
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vedya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vedya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]vedyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√vid -> vedya (participle, masculine)[adverb from √vid]√vid -> vedya (participle, neuter)[adverb from √vid]√vid -> vedyā (participle, feminine)[adverb from √vid]√vid -> vedya (participle, masculine)[adverb from √vid]√vid -> vedya (participle, neuter)[adverb from √vid]√vid -> vedyā (participle, feminine)[adverb from √vid]√vid -> vedya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √vid class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vid]√vid -> vedya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √vid class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vid class 2 verb], [nominative single from √vid], [accusative single from √vid]√vid -> vedya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √vid class 6 verb]√vid -> vedya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √vid class 6 verb], [accusative single from √vid class 6 verb]√vid -> vedya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √vid class 7 verb], [accusative single from √vid]√vid -> vedya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √vid class 7 verb], [accusative single from √vid class 7 verb], [nominative single from √vid], [accusative single from √vid]
- param -
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param (indeclinable)[indeclinable]para (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]para (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- bodhanīyam -
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bodhanīya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]bodhanīya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]bodhanīyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√budh -> bodhanīya (participle, masculine)[adverb from √budh]√budh -> bodhanīya (participle, neuter)[adverb from √budh]√budh -> bodhanīyā (participle, feminine)[adverb from √budh]√budh -> bodhanīya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √budh]√budh -> bodhanīya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √budh], [accusative single from √budh]
- sa -
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sa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- boddhṛ -
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boddhṛ (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- Line 2: “mantā mantavyaṃ prāśitā prāśitavyaṃ ghrātā ghreyaṃ sparśitā sparśanīyam ”
- mantā -
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mantṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√man (verb class 4)[periphrastic-future active third single]√man (verb class 8)[periphrastic-future active third single]
- mantavyam -
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mantavya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]mantavya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]mantavyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√man -> mantavya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √man class 4 verb], [accusative single from √man class 8 verb]√man -> mantavya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √man class 4 verb], [accusative single from √man class 4 verb], [nominative single from √man class 8 verb], [accusative single from √man class 8 verb]
- prāśitā -
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prāśitṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]prāśitā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- prāśitavyam -
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prāśitavya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]prāśitavya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]prāśitavyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ghrātā* -
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ghrāta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]ghrātā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√ghrā -> ghrāta (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √ghrā class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √ghrā class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √ghrā class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √ghrā class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √ghrā class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √ghrā class 3 verb]√ghrā -> ghrātā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √ghrā class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √ghrā class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √ghrā class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √ghrā class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √ghrā class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √ghrā class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √ghrā class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √ghrā class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √ghrā class 3 verb]
- ghreyam -
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ghreya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]√ghrā -> ghreya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √ghrā class 1 verb], [accusative single from √ghrā class 2 verb], [accusative single from √ghrā class 3 verb]√ghrā -> ghreya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √ghrā class 1 verb], [accusative single from √ghrā class 1 verb], [nominative single from √ghrā class 2 verb], [accusative single from √ghrā class 2 verb], [nominative single from √ghrā class 3 verb], [accusative single from √ghrā class 3 verb]
- sparśitā -
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sparśitṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√spṛś -> sparśitā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √spṛś]
- sparśanīyam -
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sparśanīya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sparśanīya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sparśanīyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√spṛś -> sparśanīya (participle, masculine)[adverb from √spṛś]√spṛś -> sparśanīya (participle, neuter)[adverb from √spṛś]√spṛś -> sparśanīyā (participle, feminine)[adverb from √spṛś]√spṛś -> sparśanīya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √spṛś class 6 verb], [accusative single from √spṛś]√spṛś -> sparśanīya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √spṛś class 6 verb], [accusative single from √spṛś class 6 verb], [nominative single from √spṛś], [accusative single from √spṛś]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 12.339.16
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 12.339.16 in Kannada sript:
ಯತ್ತತ್ಕೃತ್ಸ್ನಂ ಲೋಕತನ್ತ್ರಸ್ಯ ಧಾಮ ವೇದ್ಯಂ ಪರಂ ಬೋಧನೀಯಂ ಸಬೋದ್ಧೃ ।
ಮನ್ತಾ ಮನ್ತವ್ಯಂ ಪ್ರಾಶಿತಾ ಪ್ರಾಶಿತವ್ಯಂ ಘ್ರಾತಾ ಘ್ರೇಯಂ ಸ್ಪರ್ಶಿತಾ ಸ್ಪರ್ಶನೀಯಮ್ ॥ ೧೬ ॥
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 12.339.16 in Bengali sript:
যত্তত্কৃত্স্নং লোকতন্ত্রস্য ধাম বেদ্যং পরং বোধনীযং সবোদ্ধৃ ।
মন্তা মন্তব্যং প্রাশিতা প্রাশিতব্যং ঘ্রাতা ঘ্রেযং স্পর্শিতা স্পর্শনীযম্ ॥ ১৬ ॥
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 12.339.16 in Gujarati sript:
યત્તત્કૃત્સ્નં લોકતન્ત્રસ્ય ધામ વેદ્યં પરં બોધનીયં સબોદ્ધૃ ।
મન્તા મન્તવ્યં પ્રાશિતા પ્રાશિતવ્યં ઘ્રાતા ઘ્રેયં સ્પર્શિતા સ્પર્શનીયમ્ ॥ ૧૬ ॥
Shri Mahabharatam in Malayalam (2 volumes)
by Swami Mridananda (2018)
1681 pages; [Publisher: Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur]
Buy now!Preview of verse 12.339.16 in Malayalam sript:
യത്തത്കൃത്സ്നം ലോകതന്ത്രസ്യ ധാമ വേദ്യം പരം ബോധനീയം സബോദ്ധൃ ।
മന്താ മന്തവ്യം പ്രാശിതാ പ്രാശിതവ്യം ഘ്രാതാ ഘ്രേയം സ്പര്ശിതാ സ്പര്ശനീയമ് ॥ ൧൬ ॥
Mahabharata in Telugu (7 Volumes)
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2018)
7248pages
Buy now!Preview of verse 12.339.16 in Telugu sript:
యత్తత్కృత్స్నం లోకతన్త్రస్య ధామ వేద్యం పరం బోధనీయం సబోద్ధృ ।
మన్తా మన్తవ్యం ప్రాశితా ప్రాశితవ్యం ఘ్రాతా ఘ్రేయం స్పర్శితా స్పర్శనీయమ్ ॥ ౧౬ ॥