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 13.86.24

सुधन्वा शकटं चैव रथं चामितकूबरम् ।
वरुणो वारुणान्दिव्यान्भुजंगान्प्रददौ शुभान् ।
सिंहान्सुरेन्द्रो व्याघ्रांश्च द्वीपिनोऽन्यांश्च दंष्ट्रिणः ॥ २४ ॥

sudhanvā śakaṭaṃ caiva rathaṃ cāmitakūbaram |
varuṇo vāruṇāndivyānbhujaṃgānpradadau śubhān |
siṃhānsurendro vyāghrāṃśca dvīpino'nyāṃśca daṃṣṭriṇaḥ || 24 ||

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

...her season, or one whose ears have been cut off, should not be allowed to remain where a Sraddha is being performed. Nor should a woman (for cooking the rice to be offered in the Sraddha) be brought from a Gotra other than that of the person...

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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 (13.86.24). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sudhanvan, Sudhanu, Sudhanva, Shakata, Ratha, Ita, Kubara, Varuna, Divya, Bhujanga, Prada, Shubha, Simha, Surendra, Vyaghra, Dvipin, Dvipina, Dvipi, Ani, Anya, Damshtrin, Damshtri, Damshtrina,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 13.86.24). 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: “sudhanvā śakaṭaṃ caiva rathaṃ cāmitakūbaram
  • sudhanvā -
  • sudhanvan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    sudhanu (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    sudhanvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • śakaṭam -
  • śakaṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śakaṭa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śakaṭā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • ratham -
  • ratha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • cām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • ita -
  • ita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    i -> ita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> ita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second plural]
  • kūbaram -
  • kūbara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kūbara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “varuṇo vāruṇāndivyānbhujaṃgānpradadau śubhān
  • varuṇo* -
  • varuṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vāruṇān -
  • vāruṇa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    vāruṇā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • divyān -
  • divya (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • bhujaṅgān -
  • bhujaṅga (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • prada -
  • prada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dau -
  • da (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • śubhān -
  • śubha (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • Line 3: “siṃhānsurendro vyāghrāṃśca dvīpino'nyāṃśca daṃṣṭriṇaḥ
  • siṃhān -
  • siṃha (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • surendro* -
  • surendra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vyāghrāṃś -
  • vyāghra (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dvīpino' -
  • dvīpin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    dvīpin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    dvīpina (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    dvīpī (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • anyā -
  • ani (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    anī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single]
    anya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    an -> anya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √an]
    anyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • āṃś -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • daṃṣṭriṇaḥ -
  • daṃṣṭrin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    daṃṣṭrin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    daṃṣṭrī (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    daṃṣṭriṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 13.86.24

Cover of edition (2013)

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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Cover of edition (2003)

The Mahabharata in Kannada (Set of 32 Volumes)
by Bharatha Darshana Bangalore (2003)

ಶ್ರೇಮಹಭಾರತ [ಮಹಾಭಾರತ]; 13907 pages;

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Preview of verse 13.86.24 in Kannada sript:
ಸುಧನ್ವಾ ಶಕಟಂ ಚೈವ ರಥಂ ಚಾಮಿತಕೂಬರಮ್ ।
ವರುಣೋ ವಾರುಣಾನ್ದಿವ್ಯಾನ್ಭುಜಂಗಾನ್ಪ್ರದದೌ ಶುಭಾನ್ ।
ಸಿಂಹಾನ್ಸುರೇನ್ದ್ರೋ ವ್ಯಾಘ್ರಾಂಶ್ಚ ದ್ವೀಪಿನೋಽನ್ಯಾಂಶ್ಚ ದಂಷ್ಟ್ರಿಣಃ ॥ ೨೪ ॥

Cover of edition (2008)

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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Cover of edition (2017)

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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Cover of Bengali edition

The Mahabharata in Bengali (Two Volumes)
by Akshay Library, Kolkata (2019)

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

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Preview of verse 13.86.24 in Bengali sript:
সুধন্বা শকটং চৈব রথং চামিতকূবরম্ ।
বরুণো বারুণান্দিব্যান্ভুজংগান্প্রদদৌ শুভান্ ।
সিংহান্সুরেন্দ্রো ব্যাঘ্রাংশ্চ দ্বীপিনোঽন্যাংশ্চ দংষ্ট্রিণঃ ॥ ২৪ ॥

Cover of Gujarati edition

Mahabharat in Gujarati (20 Volumes)
by Dinkar Joshi (દિનકર જોશી) (2010)

14252 pages; [મહાભારત] [Publisher: Pravin Prakashan Pvt. Ltd, Rajkot]

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Preview of verse 13.86.24 in Gujarati sript:
સુધન્વા શકટં ચૈવ રથં ચામિતકૂબરમ્ ।
વરુણો વારુણાન્દિવ્યાન્ભુજંગાન્પ્રદદૌ શુભાન્ ।
સિંહાન્સુરેન્દ્રો વ્યાઘ્રાંશ્ચ દ્વીપિનોઽન્યાંશ્ચ દંષ્ટ્રિણઃ ॥ ૨૪ ॥

Cover of edition (2018)

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

1681 pages; [Publisher: Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur]

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Preview of verse 13.86.24 in Malayalam sript:
സുധന്വാ ശകടം ചൈവ രഥം ചാമിതകൂബരമ് ।
വരുണോ വാരുണാന്ദിവ്യാന്ഭുജംഗാന്പ്രദദൌ ശുഭാന് ।
സിംഹാന്സുരേന്ദ്രോ വ്യാഘ്രാംശ്ച ദ്വീപിനോഽന്യാംശ്ച ദംഷ്ട്രിണഃ ॥ ൨൪ ॥

Cover of edition (2018)

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

7248pages

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Preview of verse 13.86.24 in Telugu sript:
సుధన్వా శకటం చైవ రథం చామితకూబరమ్ ।
వరుణో వారుణాన్దివ్యాన్భుజంగాన్ప్రదదౌ శుభాన్ ।
సింహాన్సురేన్ద్రో వ్యాఘ్రాంశ్చ ద్వీపినోఽన్యాంశ్చ దంష్ట్రిణః ॥ ౨౪ ॥

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