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 15.4.5

अथ भीमः सुहृन्मध्ये बाहुशब्दं तथाकरोत् ।
संश्रवे धृतराष्ट्रस्य गान्धार्याश्चाप्यमर्षणः ॥ ५ ॥

atha bhīmaḥ suhṛnmadhye bāhuśabdaṃ tathākarot |
saṃśrave dhṛtarāṣṭrasya gāndhāryāścāpyamarṣaṇaḥ || 5 ||

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

...resemble a pair of iron clubs. Verily, these are those two arms of mine, looking like maces of iron, and invincible by foes, coming within whose clasp the sons of Dhritarashtra...

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

Atha, Bhima, Suhrid, Madhye, Madhya, Shabda, Tatha, Samshrava, Dhritarashtra, Gandhari, Capya, Capi, Arshana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 15.4.5). 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: “atha bhīmaḥ suhṛnmadhye bāhuśabdaṃ tathākarot
  • atha -
  • atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • bhīmaḥ -
  • bhīma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • suhṛn -
  • suhṛd (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    suhṛd (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • madhye -
  • madhye (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    madhya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    madhya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    madhyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • bāhu -
  • bāhu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • śabdam -
  • śabda (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • akarot -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • Line 2: “saṃśrave dhṛtarāṣṭrasya gāndhāryāścāpyamarṣaṇaḥ
  • saṃśrave -
  • saṃśrava (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    saṃśrava (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    saṃśravā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • dhṛtarāṣṭrasya -
  • dhṛtarāṣṭra (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • gāndhāryāś -
  • gāndhārī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • cāpyam -
  • ci -> cāpya (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √ci]
    ci -> cāpya (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √ci]
    ci -> cāpyā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √ci]
    ci -> cāpya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √ci]
    ci -> cāpya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √ci], [accusative single from √ci]
    cāpī (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • arṣaṇaḥ -
  • arṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 15.4.5

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 15.4.5 in Kannada sript:
ಅಥ ಭೀಮಃ ಸುಹೃನ್ಮಧ್ಯೇ ಬಾಹುಶಬ್ದಂ ತಥಾಕರೋತ್ ।
ಸಂಶ್ರವೇ ಧೃತರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಸ್ಯ ಗಾನ್ಧಾರ್ಯಾಶ್ಚಾಪ್ಯಮರ್ಷಣಃ ॥ ೫ ॥

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 15.4.5 in Bengali sript:
অথ ভীমঃ সুহৃন্মধ্যে বাহুশব্দং তথাকরোত্ ।
সংশ্রবে ধৃতরাষ্ট্রস্য গান্ধার্যাশ্চাপ্যমর্ষণঃ ॥ ৫ ॥

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 15.4.5 in Gujarati sript:
અથ ભીમઃ સુહૃન્મધ્યે બાહુશબ્દં તથાકરોત્ ।
સંશ્રવે ધૃતરાષ્ટ્રસ્ય ગાન્ધાર્યાશ્ચાપ્યમર્ષણઃ ॥ ૫ ॥

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 15.4.5 in Malayalam sript:
അഥ ഭീമഃ സുഹൃന്മധ്യേ ബാഹുശബ്ദം തഥാകരോത് ।
സംശ്രവേ ധൃതരാഷ്ട്രസ്യ ഗാന്ധാര്യാശ്ചാപ്യമര്ഷണഃ ॥ ൫ ॥

Cover of edition (2018)

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

7248pages

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Preview of verse 15.4.5 in Telugu sript:
అథ భీమః సుహృన్మధ్యే బాహుశబ్దం తథాకరోత్ ।
సంశ్రవే ధృతరాష్ట్రస్య గాన్ధార్యాశ్చాప్యమర్షణః ॥ ౫ ॥

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