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 52

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śaunaka uvāca |
ye sarpāḥ sarpasatre'sminpatitā havyavāhane |
teṣāṃ nāmāni sarveṣāṃ śrotumicchāmi sūtaja || 1 ||
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sūta uvāca |
sahasrāṇi bahūnyasminprayutānyarbudāni ca |
na śakyaṃ parisaṃkhyātuṃ bahutvādvedavittama || 2 ||
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yathāsmṛti tu nāmāni pannagānāṃ nibodha me |
ucyamānāni mukhyānāṃ hutānāṃ jātavedasi || 3 ||
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vāsukeḥ kulajāṃstāvatprādhānyena nibodha me |
nīlaraktānsitānghorānmahākāyānviṣolbaṇān || 4 ||
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koṭiko mānasaḥ pūrṇaḥ sahaḥ pailo halīsakaḥ |
picchilaḥ koṇapaścakraḥ koṇavegaḥ prakālanaḥ || 5 ||
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hiraṇyavāhaḥ śaraṇaḥ kakṣakaḥ kāladantakaḥ |
ete vāsukijā nāgāḥ praviṣṭā havyavāhanam || 6 ||
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takṣakasya kule jātānpravakṣyāmi nibodha tān |
pucchaṇḍako maṇḍalakaḥ piṇḍabhettā rabheṇakaḥ || 7 ||
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ucchikhaḥ suraso draṅgo balaheḍo virohaṇaḥ |
śilīśalakaro mūkaḥ sukumāraḥ pravepanaḥ || 8 ||
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mudgaraḥ śaśaromā ca sumanā vegavāhanaḥ |
ete takṣakajā nāgāḥ praviṣṭā havyavāhanam || 9 ||
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pārāvataḥ pāriyātraḥ pāṇḍaro hariṇaḥ kṛśaḥ |
vihaṃgaḥ śarabho modaḥ pramodaḥ saṃhatāṅgadaḥ || 10 ||
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airāvatakulādete praviṣṭā havyavāhanam |
kauravyakulajānnāgāñśṛṇu me dvijasattama || 11 ||
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aiṇḍilaḥ kuṇḍalo muṇḍo veṇiskandhaḥ kumārakaḥ |
bāhukaḥ śṛṅgavegaśca dhūrtakaḥ pātapātarau || 12 ||
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dhṛtarāṣṭrakule jātāñśṛṇu nāgānyathātatham |
kīrtyamānānmayā brahmanvātavegānviṣolbaṇān || 13 ||
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śaṅkukarṇaḥ piṅgalakaḥ kuṭhāramukhamecakau |
pūrṇāṅgadaḥ pūrṇamukhaḥ prahasaḥ śakunirhariḥ || 14 ||
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āmāhaṭhaḥ komaṭhakaḥ śvasano mānavo vaṭaḥ |
bhairavo muṇḍavedāṅgaḥ piśaṅgaścodrapāragaḥ || 15 ||
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ṛṣabho vegavānnāma piṇḍārakamahāhanū |
raktāṅgaḥ sarvasāraṅgaḥ samṛddhaḥ pāṭarākṣasau || 16 ||
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varāhako vāraṇakaḥ sumitraścitravedikaḥ |
parāśarastaruṇako maṇiskandhastathāruṇiḥ || 17 ||
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iti nāgā mayā brahmankīrtitāḥ kīrtivardhanāḥ |
prādhānyena bahutvāttu na sarve parikīrtitāḥ || 18 ||
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eteṣāṃ putrapautrāstu prasavasya ca saṃtatiḥ |
na śakyāḥ parisaṃkhyātuṃ ye dīptaṃ pāvakaṃ gatāḥ || 19 ||
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saptaśīrṣā dviśīrṣāśca pañcaśīrṣāstathāpare |
kālānalaviṣā ghorā hutāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ || 20 ||
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mahākāyā mahāvīryāḥ śailaśṛṅgasamucchrayāḥ |
yojanāyāmavistārā dviyojanasamāyatāḥ || 21 ||
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kāmarūpāḥ kāmagamā dīptānalaviṣolbaṇāḥ |
dagdhāstatra mahāsatre brahmadaṇḍanipīḍitāḥ || 22 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Chapter 52

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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