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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 1.169.17
ततो महीतलं तात क्षत्रियेण यदृच्छया ।
खनताधिगतं वित्तं केनचिद्भृगुवेश्मनि ।
तद्वित्तं ददृशुः सर्वे समेताः क्षत्रियर्षभाः ॥ १७ ॥
tato mahītalaṃ tāta kṣatriyeṇa yadṛcchayā |
khanatādhigataṃ vittaṃ kenacidbhṛguveśmani |
tadvittaṃ dadṛśuḥ sarve sametāḥ kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ || 17 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
...river mistaking the Brahmana for a mass of (unquenchable) fire, immediately flew in a hundred different directions, and has been known ever since by the name of the Satadru (the river of...
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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 (1.169.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Tatah, Tad, Tata, Mahitala, Kshatriya, Yadriccha, Khanat, Adhigata, Vitta, Kena, Kah, Kim, Cit, Veshman, Tadvid, Sarva, Sameta, Kshatriyarshabha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 1.169.17). 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: “tato mahītalaṃ tāta kṣatriyeṇa yadṛcchayā ”
- tato* -
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tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]tata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]sa (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
- mahītalam -
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mahītala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- tāta -
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tāta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- kṣatriyeṇa -
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kṣatriya (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]kṣatriya (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- yadṛcchayā -
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yadṛcchā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- Line 2: “khanatādhigataṃ vittaṃ kenacidbhṛguveśmani ”
- khanatā -
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√khan -> khanat (participle, masculine)[instrumental single from √khan class 1 verb]√khan -> khanat (participle, neuter)[instrumental single from √khan class 1 verb]√khan (verb class 1)[imperative active second plural]
- adhigatam -
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adhigata (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]adhigata (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]adhigatā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- vittam -
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vitta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vitta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]vittā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√vid -> vitta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √vid class 6 verb]√vid -> vitta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √vid class 6 verb], [accusative single from √vid class 6 verb]√vid -> vitta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √vid class 7 verb]√vid -> vitta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √vid class 7 verb], [accusative single from √vid class 7 verb]√vid (verb class 2)[imperative active second dual]
- kena -
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kena (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kena (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]kena (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]ka (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]ka (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[instrumental single]kim (pronoun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- cid -
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cit (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cit (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cit (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- bhṛgu -
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bhṛgu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- veśmani -
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veśman (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- Line 3: “tadvittaṃ dadṛśuḥ sarve sametāḥ kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ ”
- tadvit -
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tadvid (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]tadvid (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- tam -
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ta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tā (noun, feminine)[adverb]tan (noun, masculine)[adverb]sa (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- dadṛśuḥ -
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√dṛś (verb class 1)[perfect active third plural]
- sarve -
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sarva (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [locative single]sarva (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]sarvā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- sametāḥ -
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sameta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]sametā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ -
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kṣatriyarṣabha (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 1.169.17
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;
Buy now!Preview of verse 1.169.17 in Kannada sript:
ತತೋ ಮಹೀತಲಂ ತಾತ ಕ್ಷತ್ರಿಯೇಣ ಯದೃಚ್ಛಯಾ ।
ಖನತಾಧಿಗತಂ ವಿತ್ತಂ ಕೇನಚಿದ್ಭೃಗುವೇಶ್ಮನಿ ।
ತದ್ವಿತ್ತಂ ದದೃಶುಃ ಸರ್ವೇ ಸಮೇತಾಃ ಕ್ಷತ್ರಿಯರ್ಷಭಾಃ ॥ ೧೭ ॥
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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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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The Mahabharata in Bengali (Two Volumes)
by Akshay Library, Kolkata (2019)
3049 pages; [মহাভারত] [মহার্ষী বদভ্যাস (Maharishi Vedvyas)]
Buy now!Preview of verse 1.169.17 in Bengali sript:
ততো মহীতলং তাত ক্ষত্রিযেণ যদৃচ্ছযা ।
খনতাধিগতং বিত্তং কেনচিদ্ভৃগুবেশ্মনি ।
তদ্বিত্তং দদৃশুঃ সর্বে সমেতাঃ ক্ষত্রিযর্ষভাঃ ॥ ১৭ ॥
Mahabharat in Gujarati (20 Volumes)
by Dinkar Joshi (દિનકર જોશી) (2010)
14252 pages; [મહાભારત] [Publisher: Pravin Prakashan Pvt. Ltd, Rajkot]
Buy now!Preview of verse 1.169.17 in Gujarati sript:
તતો મહીતલં તાત ક્ષત્રિયેણ યદૃચ્છયા ।
ખનતાધિગતં વિત્તં કેનચિદ્ભૃગુવેશ્મનિ ।
તદ્વિત્તં દદૃશુઃ સર્વે સમેતાઃ ક્ષત્રિયર્ષભાઃ ॥ ૧૭ ॥
Shri Mahabharatam in Malayalam (2 volumes)
by Swami Mridananda (2018)
1681 pages; [Publisher: Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur]
Buy now!Preview of verse 1.169.17 in Malayalam sript:
തതോ മഹീതലം താത ക്ഷത്രിയേണ യദൃച്ഛയാ ।
ഖനതാധിഗതം വിത്തം കേനചിദ്ഭൃഗുവേശ്മനി ।
തദ്വിത്തം ദദൃശുഃ സര്വേ സമേതാഃ ക്ഷത്രിയര്ഷഭാഃ ॥ ൧൭ ॥
Mahabharata in Telugu (7 Volumes)
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2018)
7248pages
Buy now!Preview of verse 1.169.17 in Telugu sript:
తతో మహీతలం తాత క్షత్రియేణ యదృచ్ఛయా ।
ఖనతాధిగతం విత్తం కేనచిద్భృగువేశ్మని ।
తద్విత్తం దదృశుః సర్వే సమేతాః క్షత్రియర్షభాః ॥ ౧౭ ॥