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 1.186.3

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वैशंपायन उवाच ।
ततः प्रयाताः कुरुपुंगवास्ते पुरोहितं तं प्रथमं प्रयाप्य ।
आस्थाय यानानि महान्ति तानि कुन्ती च कृष्णा च सहैव याते ॥ ३ ॥

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
tataḥ prayātāḥ kurupuṃgavāste purohitaṃ taṃ prathamaṃ prayāpya |
āsthāya yānāni mahānti tāni kuntī ca kṛṣṇā ca sahaiva yāte || 3 ||

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

...obtaining Yudhishthira’s leave, Krishna of prosperity knowing no decrease, accompanied by Valadeva, hastily went away from the potter’s abode.'" "Vaisampayana said, 'When the Kuru princes...
English translation by Kisari Mohan Ganguly (2013) Read online Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (1.186.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vaishampayana, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Prayata, Kurupungava, Yushmad, Purohita, Prathamam, Prathama, Prayapya, Asthaya, Yana, Mahat, Tani, Kunti, Krishna, Saha, Sah, Yat, Yata, Yati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 1.186.3). 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: “vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca ”
vaiśampāyana* -
vaiśampāyana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “tataḥ prayātāḥ kurupuṃgavāste purohitaṃ taṃ prathamaṃ prayāpya ”
tataḥ -
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]
prayātāḥ -
prayāta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

prayātā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
kurupuṅgavās -
kurupuṅgava (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
purohitam -
purohita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

purohita (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

purohitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tam -
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]
prathamam -
prathamam (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

prathamam (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

prathamam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

prathama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

prathama (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

prathamā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
prayāpya -
prayāpya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prayāpya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 3: “āsthāya yānāni mahānti tāni kuntī ca kṛṣṇā ca sahaiva yāte ”
āsthāya -
āsthāya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
yānāni -
yāna (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
mahānti -
mahat (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
tāni -
tānī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

tānī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

tānī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
kuntī -
kuntī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

kunti (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kṛṣṇā -
kṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sahai -
saha (indeclinable postposition)

[indeclinable postposition]

saha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

saha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sahā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

sah (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

sah (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

√sah (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single], [imperative middle first single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
yāte -
yāt (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

yāt (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

yāta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yāta (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

yātā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

√yā -> yāta (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √yā class 2 verb]

√yā -> yāta (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √yā class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √yā class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √yā class 2 verb], [locative single from √yā class 2 verb]

√yā -> yātā (participle, feminine)

[nominative dual from √yā class 2 verb], [vocative single from √yā class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √yā class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √yā class 2 verb]

yāti (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

yāti (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 1.186.3

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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Preview of verse 1.186.3 in Kannada sript:
ವೈಶಂಪಾಯನ ಉವಾಚ ।
ತತಃ ಪ್ರಯಾತಾಃ ಕುರುಪುಂಗವಾಸ್ತೇ ಪುರೋಹಿತಂ ತಂ ಪ್ರಥಮಂ ಪ್ರಯಾಪ್ಯ ।
ಆಸ್ಥಾಯ ಯಾನಾನಿ ಮಹಾನ್ತಿ ತಾನಿ ಕುನ್ತೀ ಚ ಕೃಷ್ಣಾ ಚ ಸಹೈವ ಯಾತೇ ॥ ೩ ॥

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)]

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Preview of verse 1.186.3 in Bengali sript:
বৈশংপাযন উবাচ ।
ততঃ প্রযাতাঃ কুরুপুংগবাস্তে পুরোহিতং তং প্রথমং প্রযাপ্য ।
আস্থায যানানি মহান্তি তানি কুন্তী চ কৃষ্ণা চ সহৈব যাতে ॥ ৩ ॥

Mahabharat in Gujarati (20 Volumes)
by Dinkar Joshi (દિનકર જોશી) (2010)

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Preview of verse 1.186.3 in Gujarati sript:
વૈશંપાયન ઉવાચ ।
તતઃ પ્રયાતાઃ કુરુપુંગવાસ્તે પુરોહિતં તં પ્રથમં પ્રયાપ્ય ।
આસ્થાય યાનાનિ મહાન્તિ તાનિ કુન્તી ચ કૃષ્ણા ચ સહૈવ યાતે ॥ ૩ ॥

Shri Mahabharatam in Malayalam (2 volumes)
by Swami Mridananda (2018)

1681 pages; [Publisher: Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur]

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Preview of verse 1.186.3 in Malayalam sript:
വൈശംപായന ഉവാച ।
തതഃ പ്രയാതാഃ കുരുപുംഗവാസ്തേ പുരോഹിതം തം പ്രഥമം പ്രയാപ്യ ।
ആസ്ഥായ യാനാനി മഹാന്തി താനി കുന്തീ ച കൃഷ്ണാ ച സഹൈവ യാതേ ॥ ൩ ॥

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

7248pages

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Preview of verse 1.186.3 in Telugu sript:
వైశంపాయన ఉవాచ ।
తతః ప్రయాతాః కురుపుంగవాస్తే పురోహితం తం ప్రథమం ప్రయాప్య ।
ఆస్థాయ యానాని మహాన్తి తాని కున్తీ చ కృష్ణా చ సహైవ యాతే ॥ ౩ ॥

Last Updated: 16 September, 2021