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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 13.4.39
व्यत्यासस्तु कृतो यस्मात्त्वया मात्रा तथैव च ।
तस्मात्सा ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठं माता ते जनयिष्यति ॥ ३९ ॥
vyatyāsastu kṛto yasmāttvayā mātrā tathaiva ca |
tasmātsā brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhaṃ mātā te janayiṣyati || 39 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
...who lives in water, or who lives secluded and alone in the practice of Brahmacarya, attains to all the desired ends. He who offers shelter to a guest and welcomes him with water to wash his feet as also with food, light and bed, attains to the...
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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 (13.4.39). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Vyatyasa, Krit, Krita, Yasmat, Yah, Yat, Tva, Yushmad, Matri, Matra, Tatha, Tasmat, Tad, Brahmana, Shreshtha, Mata, Janayishyat,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 13.4.39). 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: “vyatyāsastu kṛto yasmāttvayā mātrā tathaiva ca ”
- vyatyāsas -
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vyatyāsa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- kṛto* -
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kṛt (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]kṛt (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]kṛta (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)[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]√kṛ (verb class 2)[present active third dual]
- yasmāt -
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yasmāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ya (noun, masculine)[ablative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[ablative single]yat (pronoun, neuter)[ablative single]
- tvayā -
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tvā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[instrumental single]
- mātrā -
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mātṛ (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]mātrā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]mātṛ (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- tathai -
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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]
- aiva -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active first dual]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- Line 2: “tasmātsā brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhaṃ mātā te janayiṣyati ”
- tasmāt -
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tasmāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (noun, neuter)[ablative single]sa (noun, masculine)[ablative single]
- sā* -
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so (noun, feminine)[accusative plural]
- brāhmaṇa -
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brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- śreṣṭham -
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śreṣṭha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śreṣṭha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śreṣṭhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- mātā -
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mātṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]mātā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]mātṛ (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√mā (verb class 2)[periphrastic-future active third single]√mā (verb class 3)[periphrastic-future active third single]√mā (verb class 4)[periphrastic-future active third single]√mā (verb class 3)[periphrastic-future active third single]√mā (verb class 1)[periphrastic-future active third single]
- 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]
- janayiṣyati -
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√jan -> janayiṣyat (participle, masculine)[locative single from √jan class 10 verb], [locative single from √jan]√jan -> janayiṣyat (participle, neuter)[locative single from √jan class 10 verb], [locative single from √jan]√jan (verb class 10)[future active third single]√jan (verb class 0)[future active third single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 13.4.39
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 13.4.39 in Kannada sript:
ವ್ಯತ್ಯಾಸಸ್ತು ಕೃತೋ ಯಸ್ಮಾತ್ತ್ವಯಾ ಮಾತ್ರಾ ತಥೈವ ಚ ।
ತಸ್ಮಾತ್ಸಾ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠಂ ಮಾತಾ ತೇ ಜನಯಿಷ್ಯತಿ ॥ ೩೯ ॥
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 13.4.39 in Bengali sript:
ব্যত্যাসস্তু কৃতো যস্মাত্ত্বযা মাত্রা তথৈব চ ।
তস্মাত্সা ব্রাহ্মণশ্রেষ্ঠং মাতা তে জনযিষ্যতি ॥ ৩৯ ॥
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 13.4.39 in Gujarati sript:
વ્યત્યાસસ્તુ કૃતો યસ્માત્ત્વયા માત્રા તથૈવ ચ ।
તસ્માત્સા બ્રાહ્મણશ્રેષ્ઠં માતા તે જનયિષ્યતિ ॥ ૩૯ ॥
Shri Mahabharatam in Malayalam (2 volumes)
by Swami Mridananda (2018)
1681 pages; [Publisher: Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur]
Buy now!Preview of verse 13.4.39 in Malayalam sript:
വ്യത്യാസസ്തു കൃതോ യസ്മാത്ത്വയാ മാത്രാ തഥൈവ ച ।
തസ്മാത്സാ ബ്രാഹ്മണശ്രേഷ്ഠം മാതാ തേ ജനയിഷ്യതി ॥ ൩൯ ॥
Mahabharata in Telugu (7 Volumes)
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2018)
7248pages
Buy now!Preview of verse 13.4.39 in Telugu sript:
వ్యత్యాసస్తు కృతో యస్మాత్త్వయా మాత్రా తథైవ చ ।
తస్మాత్సా బ్రాహ్మణశ్రేష్ఠం మాతా తే జనయిష్యతి ॥ ౩౯ ॥