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 14.42.42

क्षीणे मनसि सर्वस्मिन्न जन्मसुखमिष्यते ।
ज्ञानसंपन्नसत्त्वानां तत्सुखं विदुषां मतम् ॥ ४२ ॥

kṣīṇe manasi sarvasminna janmasukhamiṣyate |
jñānasaṃpannasattvānāṃ tatsukhaṃ viduṣāṃ matam || 42 ||

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

...sprung from Egoism, I shall now, you regenerate ones, mention particularly. They are the ear, the skin, the two eyes, the tongue, the nose numbering the fifth, the two feet,...

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

Kshina, Manas, Manasin, Sarva, Janman, Kham, Kha, Ishyat, Jnanasampanna, Sattva, Tat, Tad, Sukham, Sukha, Vidusha, Vidus, Vidvas, Mata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 14.42.42). 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: “kṣīṇe manasi sarvasminna janmasukhamiṣyate
  • kṣīṇe -
  • kṣīṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kṣīṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kṣīṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kṣī -> kṣīṇa (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √kṣī class 1 verb], [locative single from √kṣī class 5 verb], [locative single from √kṣī class 9 verb]
    kṣī -> kṣīṇa (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √kṣī class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √kṣī class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √kṣī class 1 verb], [locative single from √kṣī class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √kṣī class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √kṣī class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √kṣī class 5 verb], [locative single from √kṣī class 5 verb], [nominative dual from √kṣī class 9 verb], [vocative dual from √kṣī class 9 verb], [accusative dual from √kṣī class 9 verb], [locative single from √kṣī class 9 verb]
    kṣī -> kṣīṇā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √kṣī class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kṣī class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √kṣī class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √kṣī class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √kṣī class 5 verb], [vocative single from √kṣī class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √kṣī class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √kṣī class 5 verb], [nominative dual from √kṣī class 9 verb], [vocative single from √kṣī class 9 verb], [vocative dual from √kṣī class 9 verb], [accusative dual from √kṣī class 9 verb]
  • manasi -
  • manasin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    manasin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    manas (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    mnā (verb class 1)
    [present active second single]
  • sarvasminn -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • janmasu -
  • janman (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • kham -
  • kham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    khā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • iṣyate -
  • iṣ -> iṣyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √iṣ class 4 verb]
    iṣ -> iṣyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √iṣ class 4 verb]
    iṣ (verb class 6)
    [present passive third single]
    iṣ (verb class 1)
    [present passive third single]
    iṣ (verb class 4)
    [present passive third single]
    iṣ (verb class 0)
    [present passive third single]
    iṣ (verb class 0)
    [present passive third single]
  • Line 2: “jñānasaṃpannasattvānāṃ tatsukhaṃ viduṣāṃ matam
  • jñānasampanna -
  • jñānasampanna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jñānasampanna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sattvānām -
  • sattva (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    sattva (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • sukham -
  • sukham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sukha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sukha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sukhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • viduṣām -
  • viduṣā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    vidus (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    vidus (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    vidvas (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    vidvas (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    vid -> vidvas (participle, masculine)
    [genitive plural from √vid class 2 verb]
    vid -> vidvas (participle, neuter)
    [genitive plural from √vid class 2 verb]
  • matam -
  • mata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    mata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    matā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    man -> mata (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √man class 4 verb], [accusative single from √man class 8 verb]
    man -> mata (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √man class 4 verb], [accusative single from √man class 4 verb], [nominative single from √man class 8 verb], [accusative single from √man class 8 verb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 14.42.42

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 14.42.42 in Kannada sript:
ಕ್ಷೀಣೇ ಮನಸಿ ಸರ್ವಸ್ಮಿನ್ನ ಜನ್ಮಸುಖಮಿಷ್ಯತೇ ।
ಜ್ಞಾನಸಂಪನ್ನಸತ್ತ್ವಾನಾಂ ತತ್ಸುಖಂ ವಿದುಷಾಂ ಮತಮ್ ॥ ೪೨ ॥

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 14.42.42 in Bengali sript:
ক্ষীণে মনসি সর্বস্মিন্ন জন্মসুখমিষ্যতে ।
জ্ঞানসংপন্নসত্ত্বানাং তত্সুখং বিদুষাং মতম্ ॥ ৪২ ॥

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 14.42.42 in Gujarati sript:
ક્ષીણે મનસિ સર્વસ્મિન્ન જન્મસુખમિષ્યતે ।
જ્ઞાનસંપન્નસત્ત્વાનાં તત્સુખં વિદુષાં મતમ્ ॥ ૪૨ ॥

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 14.42.42 in Malayalam sript:
ക്ഷീണേ മനസി സര്വസ്മിന്ന ജന്മസുഖമിഷ്യതേ ।
ജ്ഞാനസംപന്നസത്ത്വാനാം തത്സുഖം വിദുഷാം മതമ് ॥ ൪൨ ॥

Cover of edition (2018)

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

7248pages

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Preview of verse 14.42.42 in Telugu sript:
క్షీణే మనసి సర్వస్మిన్న జన్మసుఖమిష్యతే ।
జ్ఞానసంపన్నసత్త్వానాం తత్సుఖం విదుషాం మతమ్ ॥ ౪౨ ॥

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