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).

Chapter 27

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śaunaka uvāca |
ko'parādho mahendrasya kaḥ pramādaśca sūtaja |
tapasā vālakhilyānāṃ saṃbhūto garuḍaḥ katham || 1 ||
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kaśyapasya dvijāteśca kathaṃ vai pakṣirāṭsutaḥ |
adhṛṣyaḥ sarvabhūtānāmavadhyaścābhavatkatham || 2 ||
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kathaṃ ca kāmacārī sa kāmavīryaśca khecaraḥ |
etadicchāmyahaṃ śrotuṃ purāṇe yadi paṭhyate || 3 ||
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sūta uvāca |
viṣayo'yaṃ purāṇasya yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi |
śṛṇu me vadataḥ sarvametatsaṃkṣepato dvija || 4 ||
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yajataḥ putrakāmasya kaśyapasya prajāpateḥ |
sāhāyyamṛṣayo devā gandharvāśca daduḥ kila || 5 ||
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tatredhmānayane śakro niyuktaḥ kaśyapena ha |
munayo vālakhilyāśca ye cānye devatāgaṇāḥ || 6 ||
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śakrastu vīryasadṛśamidhmabhāraṃ giriprabham |
samudyamyānayāmāsa nātikṛcchrādiva prabhuḥ || 7 ||
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athāpaśyadṛṣīnhrasvānaṅguṣṭhodaraparvaṇaḥ |
palāśavṛntikāmekāṃ sahitānvahataḥ pathi || 8 ||
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pralīnānsveṣvivāṅgeṣu nirāhārāṃstapodhanān |
kliśyamānānmandabalāngoṣpade saṃplutodake || 9 ||
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tāṃśca sarvānsmayāviṣṭo vīryonmattaḥ puraṃdaraḥ |
avahasyātyagācchīghraṃ laṅghayitvāvamanya ca || 10 ||
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te'tha roṣasamāviṣṭāḥ subhṛśaṃ jātamanyavaḥ |
ārebhire mahatkarma tadā śakrabhayaṃkaram || 11 ||
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juhuvuste sutapaso vidhivajjātavedasam |
mantrairuccāvacairviprā yena kāmena tacchṛṇu || 12 ||
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kāmavīryaḥ kāmagamo devarājabhayapradaḥ |
indro'nyaḥ sarvadevānāṃ bhavediti yatavratāḥ || 13 ||
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indrācchataguṇaḥ śaurye vīrye caiva manojavaḥ |
tapaso naḥ phalenādya dāruṇaḥ saṃbhavatviti || 14 ||
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tadbuddhvā bhṛśasaṃtapto devarājaḥ śatakratuḥ |
jagāma śaraṇaṃ tatra kaśyapaṃ saṃśitavratam || 15 ||
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tacchrutvā devarājasya kaśyapo'tha prajāpatiḥ |
vālakhilyānupāgamya karmasiddhimapṛcchata || 16 ||
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evamastviti taṃ cāpi pratyūcuḥ satyavādinaḥ |
tānkaśyapa uvācedaṃ sāntvapūrvaṃ prajāpatiḥ || 17 ||
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ayamindrastribhuvane niyogādbrahmaṇaḥ kṛtaḥ |
indrārthaṃ ca bhavanto'pi yatnavantastapodhanāḥ || 18 ||
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na mithyā brahmaṇo vākyaṃ kartumarhatha sattamāḥ |
bhavatāṃ ca na mithyāyaṃ saṃkalpo me cikīrṣitaḥ || 19 ||
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bhavatveṣa patatrīṇāmindro'tibalasattvavān |
prasādaḥ kriyatāṃ caiva devarājasya yācataḥ || 20 ||
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evamuktāḥ kaśyapena vālakhilyāstapodhanāḥ |
pratyūcurabhisaṃpūjya muniśreṣṭhaṃ prajāpatim || 21 ||
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indrārtho'yaṃ samārambhaḥ sarveṣāṃ naḥ prajāpate |
apatyārthaṃ samārambho bhavataścāyamīpsitaḥ || 22 ||
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tadidaṃ saphalaṃ karma tvayā vai pratigṛhyatām |
tathā caiva vidhatsvātra yathā śreyo'nupaśyasi || 23 ||
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etasminneva kāle tu devī dākṣāyaṇī śubhā |
vinatā nāma kalyāṇī putrakāmā yaśasvinī || 24 ||
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tapastaptvā vrataparā snātā puṃsavane śuciḥ |
upacakrāma bhartāraṃ tāmuvācātha kaśyapaḥ || 25 ||
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ārambhaḥ saphalo devi bhavitāyaṃ tavepsitaḥ |
janayiṣyasi putrau dvau vīrau tribhuvaneśvarau || 26 ||
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tapasā vālakhilyānāṃ mama saṃkalpajau tathā |
bhaviṣyato mahābhāgau putrau te lokapūjitau || 27 ||
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uvāca caināṃ bhagavānmārīcaḥ punareva ha |
dhāryatāmapramādena garbho'yaṃ sumahodayaḥ || 28 ||
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ekaḥ sarvapatatrīṇāmindratvaṃ kārayiṣyati |
lokasaṃbhāvito vīraḥ kāmavīryo vihaṃgamaḥ || 29 ||
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śatakratumathovāca prīyamāṇaḥ prajāpatiḥ |
tvatsahāyau khagāvetau bhrātarau te bhaviṣyataḥ || 30 ||
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naitābhyāṃ bhavitā doṣaḥ sakāśātte puraṃdara |
vyetu te śakra saṃtāpastvamevendro bhaviṣyasi || 31 ||
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na cāpyevaṃ tvayā bhūyaḥ kṣeptavyā brahmavādinaḥ |
na cāvamānyā darpātte vāgviṣā bhṛśakopanāḥ || 32 ||
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evamukto jagāmendro nirviśaṅkastriviṣṭapam |
vinatā cāpi siddhārthā babhūva muditā tadā || 33 ||
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janayāmāsa putrau dvāvaruṇaṃ garuḍaṃ tathā |
aruṇastayostu vikala ādityasya puraḥsaraḥ || 34 ||
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patatrīṇāṃ tu garuḍa indratvenābhyaṣicyata |
tasyaitatkarma sumahacchrūyatāṃ bhṛgunandana || 35 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Chapter 27

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

ಶ್ರೇಮಹಭಾರತ [ಮಹಾಭಾರತ]; 13907 pages;

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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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