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 1.158.50

वज्रं क्षत्रस्य वाजिनो अवध्या वाजिनः स्मृताः ।
रथाङ्गं वडवा सूते सूताश्चाश्वेषु ये मताः ॥ ५० ॥

vajraṃ kṣatrasya vājino avadhyā vājinaḥ smṛtāḥ |
rathāṅgaṃ vaḍavā sūte sūtāścāśveṣu ye matāḥ || 50 ||

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

...blue and curly. Her nails were beautifully convex, and bright as burnished copper; her eye-brows were fair, and bosom was deep. Indeed, she resembled the veritable daughter of a celestial...

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

Vajra, Kshatra, Avadhya, Avadhi, Vajin, Vajina, Vaji, Smrita, Smrito, Rathanga, Vadava, Suta, Suti, Ashva, Yah, Yat, Mata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 1.158.50). 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: “vajraṃ kṣatrasya vājino avadhyā vājinaḥ smṛtāḥ
  • vajram -
  • vajra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vajra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vajrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • kṣatrasya -
  • kṣatra (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • vājino -
  • avadhyā* -
  • avadhya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    avadhyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    avadhī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • vājinaḥ -
  • vājin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    vājin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    vājina (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    vājī (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • smṛtāḥ -
  • smṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    smṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    smṛto (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb]
    smṛ -> smṛtā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb]
  • Line 2: “rathāṅgaṃ vaḍavā sūte sūtāścāśveṣu ye matāḥ
  • rathāṅgam -
  • rathāṅga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    rathāṅga (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    rathāṅgā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • vaḍavā -
  • vaḍavā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sūte -
  • sūta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    sūta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sūtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sūti (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    sūti (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    su -> sūta (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √su class 1 verb], [locative single from √su class 2 verb]
    su -> sūta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √su class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √su class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √su class 1 verb], [locative single from √su class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √su class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √su class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √su class 2 verb], [locative single from √su class 2 verb]
    su -> sūtā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √su class 1 verb], [vocative single from √su class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √su class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √su class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √su class 2 verb], [vocative single from √su class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √su class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √su class 2 verb]
    -> sūta (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √ class 6 verb]
    -> sūta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √ class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √ class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √ class 6 verb], [locative single from √ class 6 verb]
    -> sūtā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √ class 6 verb], [vocative single from √ class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √ class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √ class 6 verb]
    -> sūta (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √ class 2 verb]
    -> sūta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √ class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √ class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √ class 2 verb], [locative single from √ class 2 verb]
    -> sūtā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √ class 2 verb], [vocative single from √ class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √ class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √ class 2 verb]
    (verb class 2)
    [present middle third single]
  • sūtāś -
  • sūta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sūtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    su -> sūta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √su class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √su class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √su class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √su class 2 verb]
    su -> sūtā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √su class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √su class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √su class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √su class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √su class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √su class 2 verb]
    -> sūta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √ class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √ class 6 verb]
    -> sūtā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √ class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √ class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √ class 6 verb]
    -> sūta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √ class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √ class 2 verb]
    -> sūtā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √ class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √ class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √ class 2 verb]
  • -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aśveṣu -
  • aśva (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • matāḥ -
  • mata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    matā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    man -> mata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √man class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √man class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √man class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √man class 8 verb]
    man -> matā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √man class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √man class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √man class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √man class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √man class 8 verb], [accusative plural from √man class 8 verb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 1.158.50

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 1.158.50 in Kannada sript:
ವಜ್ರಂ ಕ್ಷತ್ರಸ್ಯ ವಾಜಿನೋ ಅವಧ್ಯಾ ವಾಜಿನಃ ಸ್ಮೃತಾಃ ।
ರಥಾಙ್ಗಂ ವಡವಾ ಸೂತೇ ಸೂತಾಶ್ಚಾಶ್ವೇಷು ಯೇ ಮತಾಃ ॥ ೫೦ ॥

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 1.158.50 in Bengali sript:
বজ্রং ক্ষত্রস্য বাজিনো অবধ্যা বাজিনঃ স্মৃতাঃ ।
রথাঙ্গং বডবা সূতে সূতাশ্চাশ্বেষু যে মতাঃ ॥ ৫০ ॥

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 1.158.50 in Gujarati sript:
વજ્રં ક્ષત્રસ્ય વાજિનો અવધ્યા વાજિનઃ સ્મૃતાઃ ।
રથાઙ્ગં વડવા સૂતે સૂતાશ્ચાશ્વેષુ યે મતાઃ ॥ ૫૦ ॥

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 1.158.50 in Malayalam sript:
വജ്രം ക്ഷത്രസ്യ വാജിനോ അവധ്യാ വാജിനഃ സ്മൃതാഃ ।
രഥാങ്ഗം വഡവാ സൂതേ സൂതാശ്ചാശ്വേഷു യേ മതാഃ ॥ ൫൦ ॥

Cover of edition (2018)

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

7248pages

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Preview of verse 1.158.50 in Telugu sript:
వజ్రం క్షత్రస్య వాజినో అవధ్యా వాజినః స్మృతాః ।
రథాఙ్గం వడవా సూతే సూతాశ్చాశ్వేషు యే మతాః ॥ ౫౦ ॥

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