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 63

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yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
śrutaṃ me bhavato vākyamannadānasya yo vidhiḥ |
nakṣatrayogasyedānīṃ dānakalpaṃ bravīhi me || 1 ||
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bhīṣma uvāca |
atrāpyudāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam |
devakyāścaiva saṃvādaṃ devarṣernāradasya ca || 2 ||
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dvārakāmanusaṃprāptaṃ nāradaṃ devadarśanam |
papracchainaṃ tataḥ praśnaṃ devakī dharmadarśinī || 3 ||
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tasyāḥ saṃpṛcchamānāyā devarṣirnāradastadā |
ācaṣṭa vidhivatsarvaṃ yattacchṛṇu viśāṃ pate || 4 ||
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nārada uvāca |
kṛttikāsu mahābhāge pāyasena sasarpiṣā |
saṃtarpya brāhmaṇānsādhūṃllokānāpnotyanuttamān || 5 ||
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rohiṇyāṃ prathitairmāṃsairmāṣairannena sarpiṣā |
payo'nupānaṃ dātavyamānṛṇyārthaṃ dvijātaye || 6 ||
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dogdhrīṃ dattvā savatsāṃ tu nakṣatre somadaivate |
gacchanti mānuṣāllokātsvargalokamanuttamam || 7 ||
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ārdrāyāṃ kṛsaraṃ dattvā tailamiśramupoṣitaḥ |
narastarati durgāṇi kṣuradhārāṃśca parvatān || 8 ||
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apūpānpunarvasau dattvā tathaivānnāni śobhane |
yaśasvī rūpasaṃpanno bahvanne jāyate kule || 9 ||
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puṣye tu kanakaṃ dattvā kṛtaṃ cākṛtameva ca |
anālokeṣu lokeṣu somavatsa virājate || 10 ||
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āśleṣāyāṃ tu yo rūpyamṛṣabhaṃ vā prayacchati |
sa sarvabhayanirmuktaḥ śātravānadhitiṣṭhati || 11 ||
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maghāsu tilapūrṇāni vardhamānāni mānavaḥ |
pradāya putrapaśumāniha pretya ca modate || 12 ||
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phalgunīpūrvasamaye brāhmaṇānāmupoṣitaḥ |
bhakṣānphāṇitasaṃyuktāndattvā saubhāgyamṛcchati || 13 ||
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ghṛtakṣīrasamāyuktaṃ vidhivatṣaṣṭikaudanam |
uttarāviṣaye dattvā svargaloke mahīyate || 14 ||
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yadyatpradīyate dānamuttarāviṣaye naraiḥ |
mahāphalamanantaṃ ca bhavatīti viniścayaḥ || 15 ||
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haste hastirathaṃ dattvā caturyuktamupoṣitaḥ |
prāpnoti paramāṃllokānpuṇyakāmasamanvitān || 16 ||
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citrāyāmṛṣabhaṃ dattvā puṇyāngandhāṃśca bhārata |
caratyapsarasāṃ loke ramate nandane tathā || 17 ||
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svātāvatha dhanaṃ dattvā yadiṣṭatamamātmanaḥ |
prāpnoti lokānsa śubhāniha caiva mahadyaśaḥ || 18 ||
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viśākhāyāmanaḍvāhaṃ dhenuṃ dattvā ca dugdhadām |
saprāsaṅgaṃ ca śakaṭaṃ sadhānyaṃ vastrasaṃyutam || 19 ||
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pitṝndevāṃśca prīṇāti pretya cānantyamaśnute |
na ca durgāṇyavāpnoti svargalokaṃ ca gacchati || 20 ||
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dattvā yathoktaṃ viprebhyo vṛttimiṣṭāṃ sa vindati |
narakādīṃśca saṃkleśānnāpnotīti viniścayaḥ || 21 ||
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anurādhāsu prāvāraṃ vastrāntaramupoṣitaḥ |
dattvā yugaśataṃ cāpi naraḥ svarge mahīyate || 22 ||
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kālaśākaṃ tu viprebhyo dattvā martyaḥ samūlakam |
jyeṣṭhāyāmṛddhimiṣṭāṃ vai gatimiṣṭāṃ ca vindati || 23 ||
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mūle mūlaphalaṃ dattvā brāhmaṇebhyaḥ samāhitaḥ |
pitṝnprīṇayate cāpi gatimiṣṭāṃ ca gacchati || 24 ||
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atha pūrvāsvaṣāḍhāsu dadhipātrāṇyupoṣitaḥ |
kulavṛttopasaṃpanne brāhmaṇe vedapārage |
pradāya jāyate pretya kule subahugokule || 25 ||
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udamanthaṃ sasarpiṣkaṃ prabhūtamadhuphāṇitam |
dattvottarāsvaṣāḍhāsu sarvakāmānavāpnuyāt || 26 ||
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dugdhaṃ tvabhijite yoge dattvā madhughṛtāplutam |
dharmanityo manīṣibhyaḥ svargaloke mahīyate || 27 ||
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śravaṇe kambalaṃ dattvā vastrāntaritameva ca |
śvetena yāti yānena sarvalokānasaṃvṛtān || 28 ||
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goprayuktaṃ dhaniṣṭhāsu yānaṃ dattvā samāhitaḥ |
vastraraśmidharaṃ sadyaḥ pretya rājyaṃ prapadyate || 29 ||
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gandhāñśatabhiṣagyoge dattvā sāgurucandanān |
prāpnotyapsarasāṃ lokānpretya gandhāṃśca śāśvatān || 30 ||
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pūrvabhādrapadāyoge rājamāṣānpradāya tu |
sarvabhakṣaphalopetaḥ sa vai pretya sukhī bhavet || 31 ||
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aurabhramuttarāyoge yastu māṃsaṃ prayacchati |
sa pitṝnprīṇayati vai pretya cānantyamaśnute || 32 ||
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kāṃsyopadohanāṃ dhenuṃ revatyāṃ yaḥ prayacchati |
sā pretya kāmānādāya dātāramupatiṣṭhati || 33 ||
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rathamaśvasamāyuktaṃ dattvāśvinyāṃ narottamaḥ |
hastyaśvarathasaṃpanne varcasvī jāyate kule || 34 ||
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bharaṇīṣu dvijātibhyastiladhenuṃ pradāya vai |
gāḥ suprabhūtāḥ prāpnoti naraḥ pretya yaśastathā || 35 ||
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bhīṣma uvāca |
ityeṣa lakṣaṇoddeśaḥ prokto nakṣatrayogataḥ |
devakyā nāradeneha sā snuṣābhyo'bravīdidam || 36 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Chapter 63

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;

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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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