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 13.109.16

अष्टमीमथ कौन्तेय शुक्लपक्षे चतुर्दशीम् ।
उपोष्य व्याधिरहितो वीर्यवानभिजायते ॥ १६ ॥

aṣṭamīmatha kaunteya śuklapakṣe caturdaśīm |
upoṣya vyādhirahito vīryavānabhijāyate || 16 ||

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

...great fame and endued with wealth. I have thus told you all about the high merit of gifts of food. Even this is the root of all righteousness and merit, as also of all gifts, O Bharata!'" "Yudhishthira said, 'Abstention from injury, the observance...

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

Ashtami, Atha, Kaunteya, Shuklapaksha, Caturdashi, Uposhya, Vyadhirahita, Viryavana, Bha, Jayat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 13.109.16). 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: “aṣṭamīmatha kaunteya śuklapakṣe caturdaśīm
  • aṣṭamīm -
  • aṣṭamī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • atha -
  • atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • kaunteya -
  • kaunteya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śuklapakṣe -
  • śuklapakṣa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • caturdaśīm -
  • caturdaśī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “upoṣya vyādhirahito vīryavānabhijāyate
  • upoṣya -
  • upoṣya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    upoṣya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vyādhirahito* -
  • vyādhirahita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vīryavāna -
  • vīryavāna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vīryavāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhi -
  • bhī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    bhā (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • jāyate -
  • jai -> jāyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √jai class 1 verb]
    jai -> jāyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √jai class 1 verb]
    jai (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
    jan (verb class 4)
    [present middle third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 13.109.16

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 13.109.16 in Kannada sript:
ಅಷ್ಟಮೀಮಥ ಕೌನ್ತೇಯ ಶುಕ್ಲಪಕ್ಷೇ ಚತುರ್ದಶೀಮ್ ।
ಉಪೋಷ್ಯ ವ್ಯಾಧಿರಹಿತೋ ವೀರ್ಯವಾನಭಿಜಾಯತೇ ॥ ೧೬ ॥

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 13.109.16 in Bengali sript:
অষ্টমীমথ কৌন্তেয শুক্লপক্ষে চতুর্দশীম্ ।
উপোষ্য ব্যাধিরহিতো বীর্যবানভিজাযতে ॥ ১৬ ॥

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 13.109.16 in Gujarati sript:
અષ્ટમીમથ કૌન્તેય શુક્લપક્ષે ચતુર્દશીમ્ ।
ઉપોષ્ય વ્યાધિરહિતો વીર્યવાનભિજાયતે ॥ ૧૬ ॥

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 13.109.16 in Malayalam sript:
അഷ്ടമീമഥ കൌന്തേയ ശുക്ലപക്ഷേ ചതുര്ദശീമ് ।
ഉപോഷ്യ വ്യാധിരഹിതോ വീര്യവാനഭിജായതേ ॥ ൧൬ ॥

Cover of edition (2018)

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

7248pages

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Preview of verse 13.109.16 in Telugu sript:
అష్టమీమథ కౌన్తేయ శుక్లపక్షే చతుర్దశీమ్ ।
ఉపోష్య వ్యాధిరహితో వీర్యవానభిజాయతే ॥ ౧౬ ॥

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