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).

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
ālokadānaṃ nāmaitatkīdṛśaṃ bharatarṣabha |
kathametatsamutpannaṃ phalaṃ cātra bravīhi me || 1 ||
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bhīṣma uvāca |
atrāpyudāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam |
manoḥ prajāpatervādaṃ suvarṇasya ca bhārata || 2 ||
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tapasvī kaścidabhavatsuvarṇo nāma nāmataḥ |
varṇato hemavarṇaḥ sa suvarṇa iti paprathe || 3 ||
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kulaśīlaguṇopetaḥ svādhyāye ca paraṃ gataḥ |
bahūnsvavaṃśaprabhavānsamatītaḥ svakairguṇaiḥ || 4 ||
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sa kadācinmanuṃ vipro dadarśopasasarpa ca |
kuśalapraśnamanyonyaṃ tau ca tatra pracakratuḥ || 5 ||
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tatastau siddhasaṃkalpau merau kāñcanaparvate |
ramaṇīye śilāpṛṣṭhe sahitau saṃnyaṣīdatām || 6 ||
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tatra tau kathayāmāstāṃ kathā nānāvidhāśrayāḥ |
brahmarṣidevadaityānāṃ purāṇānāṃ mahātmanām || 7 ||
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suvarṇastvabravīdvākyaṃ manuṃ svāyaṃbhuvaṃ prabhum |
hitārthaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ praśnaṃ me vaktumarhasi || 8 ||
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sumanobhiryadijyante daivatāni prajeśvara |
kimetatkathamutpannaṃ phalayogaṃ ca śaṃsa me || 9 ||
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manuruvāca |
atrāpyudāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam |
śukrasya ca baleścaiva saṃvādaṃ vai samāgame || 10 ||
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balervairocanasyeha trailokyamanuśāsataḥ |
samīpamājagāmāśu śukro bhṛgukulodvahaḥ || 11 ||
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tamarghyādibhirabhyarcya bhārgavaṃ so'surādhipaḥ |
niṣasādāsane paścādvidhivadbhūridakṣiṇaḥ || 12 ||
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katheyamabhavattatra yā tvayā parikīrtitā |
sumanodhūpadīpānāṃ saṃpradāne phalaṃ prati || 13 ||
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tataḥ papraccha daityendraḥ kavīndraṃ praśnamuttamam |
sumanodhūpadīpānāṃ kiṃ phalaṃ brahmavittama |
pradānasya dvijaśreṣṭha tadbhavānvaktumarhati || 14 ||
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śukra uvāca |
tapaḥ pūrvaṃ samutpannaṃ dharmastasmādanantaram |
etasminnantare caiva vīrudoṣadhya eva ca || 15 ||
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somasyātmā ca bahudhā saṃbhūtaḥ pṛthivītale |
amṛtaṃ ca viṣaṃ caiva yāścānyāstulyajātayaḥ || 16 ||
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amṛtaṃ manasaḥ prītiṃ sadyaḥ puṣṭiṃ dadāti ca |
mano glapayate tīvraṃ viṣaṃ gandhena sarvaśaḥ || 17 ||
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amṛtaṃ maṅgalaṃ viddhi mahadviṣamamaṅgalam |
oṣadhyo hyamṛtaṃ sarvaṃ viṣaṃ tejo'gnisaṃbhavam || 18 ||
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mano hlādayate yasmācchriyaṃ cāpi dadhāti ha |
tasmātsumanasaḥ proktā naraiḥ sukṛtakarmabhiḥ || 19 ||
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devatābhyaḥ sumanaso yo dadāti naraḥ śuciḥ |
tasmātsumanasaḥ proktā yasmāttuṣyanti devatāḥ || 20 ||
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yaṃ yamuddiśya dīyerandevaṃ sumanasaḥ prabho |
maṅgalārthaṃ sa tenāsya prīto bhavati daityapa || 21 ||
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jñeyāstūgrāśca saumyāśca tejasvinyaśca tāḥ pṛthak |
oṣadhyo bahuvīryāśca bahurūpāstathaiva ca || 22 ||
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yajñiyānāṃ ca vṛkṣāṇāmayajñiyānnibodha me |
āsurāṇi ca mālyāni daivatebhyo hitāni ca || 23 ||
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rākṣasānāṃ surāṇāṃ ca yakṣāṇāṃ ca tathā priyāḥ |
pitṝṇāṃ mānuṣāṇāṃ ca kāntā yāstvanupūrvaśaḥ || 24 ||
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vanyā grāmyāśceha tathā kṛṣṭoptāḥ parvatāśrayāḥ |
akaṇṭakāḥ kaṇṭakinyo gandharūparasānvitāḥ || 25 ||
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dvividho hi smṛto gandha iṣṭo'niṣṭaśca puṣpajaḥ |
iṣṭagandhāni devānāṃ puṣpāṇīti vibhāvayet || 26 ||
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akaṇṭakānāṃ vṛkṣāṇāṃ śvetaprāyāśca varṇataḥ |
teṣāṃ puṣpāṇi devānāmiṣṭāni satataṃ prabho || 27 ||
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jalajāni ca mālyāni padmādīni ca yāni ca |
gandharvanāgayakṣebhyastāni dadyādvicakṣaṇaḥ || 28 ||
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oṣadhyo raktapuṣpāśca kaṭukāḥ kaṇṭakānvitāḥ |
śatrūṇāmabhicārārthamatharvasu nidarśitāḥ || 29 ||
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tīkṣṇavīryāstu bhūtānāṃ durālambhāḥ sakaṇṭakāḥ |
raktabhūyiṣṭhavarṇāśca kṛṣṇāścaivopahārayet || 30 ||
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manohṛdayanandinyo vimarde madhurāśca yāḥ |
cārurūpāḥ sumanaso mānuṣāṇāṃ smṛtā vibho || 31 ||
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na tu śmaśānasaṃbhūtā na devāyatanodbhavāḥ |
saṃnayetpuṣṭiyukteṣu vivāheṣu rahaḥsu ca || 32 ||
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girisānuruhāḥ saumyā devānāmupapādayet |
prokṣitābhyukṣitāḥ saumyā yathāyogaṃ yathāsmṛti || 33 ||
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gandhena devāstuṣyanti darśanādyakṣarākṣasāḥ |
nāgāḥ samupabhogena tribhiretaistu mānuṣāḥ || 34 ||
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sadyaḥ prīṇāti devānvai te prītā bhāvayantyuta |
saṃkalpasiddhā martyānāmīpsitaiśca manorathaiḥ || 35 ||
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devāḥ prīṇanti satataṃ mānitā mānayanti ca |
avajñātāvadhūtāśca nirdahantyadhamānnarān || 36 ||
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ataūrdhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi dhūpadānavidhau phalam |
dhūpāṃśca vividhānsādhūnasādhūṃśca nibodha me || 37 ||
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niryāsaḥ saralaścaiva kṛtrimaścaiva te trayaḥ |
iṣṭāniṣṭo bhavedgandhastanme vistarataḥ śṛṇu || 38 ||
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niryāsāḥ sallakīvarjyā devānāṃ dayitāstu te |
gugguluḥ pravarasteṣāṃ sarveṣāmiti niścayaḥ || 39 ||
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aguruḥ sāriṇāṃ śreṣṭho yakṣarākṣasabhoginām |
daityānāṃ sallakījaśca kāṅkṣito yaśca tadvidhaḥ || 40 ||
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atha sarjarasādīnāṃ gandhaiḥ pārthivadāravaiḥ |
phāṇitāsavasaṃyuktairmanuṣyāṇāṃ vidhīyate || 41 ||
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devadānavabhūtānāṃ sadyastuṣṭikaraḥ smṛtaḥ |
ye'nye vaihārikāste tu mānuṣāṇāmiti smṛtāḥ || 42 ||
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ya evoktāḥ sumanasāṃ pradāne guṇahetavaḥ |
dhūpeṣvapi parijñeyāsta eva prītivardhanāḥ || 43 ||
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dīpadāne pravakṣyāmi phalayogamanuttamam |
yathā yena yadā caiva pradeyā yādṛśāśca te || 44 ||
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jyotistejaḥ prakāśaścāpyūrdhvagaṃ cāpi varṇyate |
pradānaṃ tejasāṃ tasmāttejo vardhayate nṛṇām || 45 ||
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andhaṃ tamastamisraṃ ca dakṣiṇāyanameva ca |
uttarāyaṇametasmājjyotirdānaṃ praśasyate || 46 ||
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yasmādūrdhvagametattu tamasaścaiva bheṣajam |
tasmādūrdhvagaterdātā bhavediti viniścayaḥ || 47 ||
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devāstejasvino yasmātprabhāvantaḥ prakāśakāḥ |
tāmasā rākṣasāśceti tasmāddīpaḥ pradīyate || 48 ||
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ālokadānāccakṣuṣmānprabhāyukto bhavennaraḥ |
tāndattvā nopahiṃseta na harennopanāśayet || 49 ||
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dīpahartā bhavedandhastamogatirasuprabhaḥ |
dīpapradaḥ svargaloke dīpamālī virājate || 50 ||
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haviṣā prathamaḥ kalpo dvitīyastvauṣadhīrasaiḥ |
vasāmedosthiniryāsairna kāryaḥ puṣṭimicchatā || 51 ||
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giriprapāte gahane caityasthāne catuṣpathe |
dīpadātā bhavennityaṃ ya icchedbhūtimātmanaḥ || 52 ||
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kuloddyoto viśuddhātmā prakāśatvaṃ ca gacchati |
jyotiṣāṃ caiva sālokyaṃ dīpadātā naraḥ sadā || 53 ||
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balikarmasu vakṣyāmi guṇānkarmaphalodayān |
devayakṣoraganṛṇāṃ bhūtānāmatha rakṣasām || 54 ||
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yeṣāṃ nāgrabhujo viprā devatātithibālakāḥ |
rākṣasāneva tānviddhi nirvaṣaṭkāramaṅgalān || 55 ||
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tasmādagraṃ prayaccheta devebhyaḥ pratipūjitam |
śirasā praṇataścāpi haredbalimatandritaḥ || 56 ||
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gṛhyā hi devatā nityamāśaṃsanti gṛhātsadā |
bāhyāścāgantavo ye'nye yakṣarākṣasapannagāḥ || 57 ||
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ito dattena jīvanti devatāḥ pitarastathā |
te prītāḥ prīṇayantyetānāyuṣā yaśasā dhanaiḥ || 58 ||
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balayaḥ saha puṣpaistu devānāmupahārayet |
dadhidrapsayutāḥ puṇyāḥ sugandhāḥ priyadarśanāḥ || 59 ||
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kāryā rudhiramāṃsāḍhyā balayo yakṣarakṣasām |
surāsavapuraskārā lājollepanabhūṣitāḥ || 60 ||
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nāgānāṃ dayitā nityaṃ padmotpalavimiśritāḥ |
tilānguḍasusaṃpannānbhūtānāmupahārayet || 61 ||
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agradātāgrabhogī syādbalavarṇasamanvitaḥ |
tasmādagraṃ prayaccheta devebhyaḥ pratipūjitam || 62 ||
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jvalatyaharaho veśma yāścāsya gṛhadevatāḥ |
tāḥ pūjyā bhūtikāmena prasṛtāgrapradāyinā || 63 ||
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ityetadasurendrāya kāvyaḥ provāca bhārgavaḥ |
suvarṇāya manuḥ prāha suvarṇo nāradāya ca || 64 ||
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nārado'pi mayi prāha guṇānetānmahādyute |
tvamapyetadviditveha sarvamācara putraka || 65 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Chapter 101

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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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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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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Cover of edition (2018)

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

1681 pages; [Publisher: Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur]

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Cover of edition (2018)

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

7248pages

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