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 13.1.38

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सर्प उवाच ।
कार्याभावे क्रिया न स्यात्सत्यसत्यपि कारणे ।
तस्मात्त्वमस्मिन्हेतौ मे वाच्यो हेतुर्विशेषतः ॥ ३८ ॥

sarpa uvāca |
kāryābhāve kriyā na syātsatyasatyapi kāraṇe |
tasmāttvamasminhetau me vācyo heturviśeṣataḥ || 38 ||

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

...death at my hands. You have done an atrocious act by killing this infant.' "The serpent said, 'O fowler, as the officiating priests at a sacrifice do not acquire the merit of the act by offering oblations of clarified butter to the fire, even...
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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 (13.1.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sarpa, Kari, Karin, Karya, Kriya, Syat, Sya, Satyasati, Satyasatya, Api, Karana, Tasmat, Tad, Tva, Yushmad, Idam, Heti, Hetu, Asmad, Vaci, Vacya, Hetri, Visheshatah, Visheshatas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 13.1.38). 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: “sarpa uvāca ”
sarpa* -
sarpa (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: “kāryābhāve kriyā na syātsatyasatyapi kāraṇe ”
kāryā -
kāri (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]

kāri (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

kāri (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

kārī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single]

kārin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]

kārin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

kārya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kārya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[compound from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, neuter)

[compound from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kārya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

kāryā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kāryā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]

√kṛ -> kāryā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]

√kṝ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [vocative single from √kṝ class 9 verb]

√kṝ -> kārya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [vocative single from √kṝ class 9 verb]

√kṝ -> kāryā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṝ class 9 verb]
ābhāve -
kriyā* -
kriya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kriyā (noun, feminine)

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

√kṛ (verb class 1)

[benedictive active second single]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[benedictive active second single]

√kṛ (verb class 5)

[benedictive active second single]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[benedictive active second single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
syāt -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
satyasatya -
satyasatī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

satyasatya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

satyasatya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
kāraṇe -
kāraṇa (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

kāraṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 3: “tasmāttvamasminhetau me vācyo heturviśeṣataḥ ”
tasmāt -
tasmāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single]
tvam -
tva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

tva (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
asmin -
idam (pronoun, masculine)

[locative single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[locative single]
hetau -
heti (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

heti (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

hetu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
me -
ma (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

mā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
vācyo* -
vācī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vācya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√vac -> vācya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √vac]
hetur -
hetṛ (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

hetu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
viśeṣataḥ -
viśeṣataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

viśeṣatas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 13.1.38

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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Preview of verse 13.1.38 in Kannada sript:
ಸರ್ಪ ಉವಾಚ ।
ಕಾರ್ಯಾಭಾವೇ ಕ್ರಿಯಾ ನ ಸ್ಯಾತ್ಸತ್ಯಸತ್ಯಪಿ ಕಾರಣೇ ।
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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 Akshay Library, Kolkata (2019)

3049 pages; [মহাভারত] [মহার্ষী বদভ্যাস (Maharishi Vedvyas)]

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Preview of verse 13.1.38 in Bengali sript:
সর্প উবাচ ।
কার্যাভাবে ক্রিযা ন স্যাত্সত্যসত্যপি কারণে ।
তস্মাত্ত্বমস্মিন্হেতৌ মে বাচ্যো হেতুর্বিশেষতঃ ॥ ৩৮ ॥

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Preview of verse 13.1.38 in Gujarati sript:
સર્પ ઉવાચ ।
કાર્યાભાવે ક્રિયા ન સ્યાત્સત્યસત્યપિ કારણે ।
તસ્માત્ત્વમસ્મિન્હેતૌ મે વાચ્યો હેતુર્વિશેષતઃ ॥ ૩૮ ॥

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

1681 pages; [Publisher: Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur]

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Preview of verse 13.1.38 in Malayalam sript:
സര്പ ഉവാച ।
കാര്യാഭാവേ ക്രിയാ ന സ്യാത്സത്യസത്യപി കാരണേ ।
തസ്മാത്ത്വമസ്മിന്ഹേതൌ മേ വാച്യോ ഹേതുര്വിശേഷതഃ ॥ ൩൮ ॥

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

7248pages

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Preview of verse 13.1.38 in Telugu sript:
సర్ప ఉవాచ ।
కార్యాభావే క్రియా న స్యాత్సత్యసత్యపి కారణే ।
తస్మాత్త్వమస్మిన్హేతౌ మే వాచ్యో హేతుర్విశేషతః ॥ ౩౮ ॥

Last Updated: 17 September, 2021