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).

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
rakṣaṇāddharmarājasya satyasya paripālanāt |
śatrūṇāṃ kṣapaṇāccaiva svakarmaniratāḥ prajāḥ || 1 ||
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balīnāṃ samyagādānāddharmataścānuśāsanāt |
nikāmavarṣī parjanyaḥ sphīto janapado'bhavat || 2 ||
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sarvārambhāḥ supravṛttā gorakṣaṃ karṣaṇaṃ vaṇik |
viśeṣātsarvamevaitatsaṃjajñe rājakarmaṇaḥ || 3 ||
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dasyubhyo vañcakebhyo vā rājanprati parasparam |
rājavallabhataścaiva nāśrūyanta mṛṣā giraḥ || 4 ||
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avarṣaṃ cātivarṣaṃ ca vyādhipāvakamūrchanam |
sarvametattadā nāsīddharmanitye yudhiṣṭhire || 5 ||
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priyaṃ kartumupasthātuṃ balikarma svabhāvajam |
abhihartuṃ nṛpā jagmurnānyaiḥ kāryaiḥ pṛthakpṛthak || 6 ||
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dharmyairdhanāgamaistasya vavṛdhe nicayo mahān |
kartuṃ yasya na śakyeta kṣayo varṣaśatairapi || 7 ||
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svakośasya parīmāṇaṃ koṣṭhasya ca mahīpatiḥ |
vijñāya rājā kaunteyo yajñāyaiva mano dadhe || 8 ||
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suhṛdaścaiva taṃ sarve pṛthakca saha cābruvan |
yajñakālastava vibho kriyatāmatra sāṃpratam || 9 ||
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athaivaṃ bruvatāmeva teṣāmabhyāyayau hariḥ |
ṛṣiḥ purāṇo vedātmā dṛśyaścāpi vijānatām || 10 ||
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jagatastasthuṣāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ prabhavaścāpyayaśca ha |
bhūtabhavyabhavannāthaḥ keśavaḥ keśisūdanaḥ || 11 ||
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prākāraḥ sarvavṛṣṇīnāmāpatsvabhayado'rihā |
balādhikāre nikṣipya saṃhatyānakadundubhim || 12 ||
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uccāvacamupādāya dharmarājāya mādhavaḥ |
dhanaughaṃ puruṣavyāghro balena mahatā vṛtaḥ || 13 ||
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taṃ dhanaughamaparyantaṃ ratnasāgaramakṣayam |
nādayanrathaghoṣeṇa praviveśa purottamam || 14 ||
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asūryamiva sūryeṇa nivātamiva vāyunā |
kṛṣṇena samupetena jahṛṣe bhārataṃ puram || 15 ||
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taṃ mudābhisamāgamya satkṛtya ca yathāvidhi |
saṃpṛṣṭvā kuśalaṃ caiva sukhāsīnaṃ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ || 16 ||
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dhaumyadvaipāyanamukhairṛtvigbhiḥ puruṣarṣabhaḥ |
bhīmārjunayamaiścāpi sahitaḥ kṛṣṇamabravīt || 17 ||
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tvatkṛte pṛthivī sarvā madvaśe kṛṣṇa vartate |
dhanaṃ ca bahu vārṣṇeya tvatprasādādupārjitam || 18 ||
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so'hamicchāmi tatsarvaṃ vidhivaddevakīsuta |
upayoktuṃ dvijāgryeṣu havyavāhe ca mādhava || 19 ||
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tadahaṃ yaṣṭumicchāmi dāśārha sahitastvayā |
anujaiśca mahābāho tanmānujñātumarhasi || 20 ||
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sa dīkṣāpaya govinda tvamātmānaṃ mahābhuja |
tvayīṣṭavati dāśārha vipāpmā bhavitā hyaham || 21 ||
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māṃ vāpyabhyanujānīhi sahaibhiranujairvibho |
anujñātastvayā kṛṣṇa prāpnuyāṃ kratumuttamam || 22 ||
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taṃ kṛṣṇaḥ pratyuvācedaṃ bahūktvā guṇavistaram |
tvameva rājaśārdūla samrāḍarho mahākratum |
saṃprāpnuhi tvayā prāpte kṛtakṛtyāstato vayam || 23 ||
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yajasvābhīpsitaṃ yajñaṃ mayi śreyasyavasthite |
niyuṅkṣva cāpi māṃ kṛtye sarvaṃ kartāsmi te vacaḥ || 24 ||
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yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
saphalaḥ kṛṣṇa saṃkalpaḥ siddhiśca niyatā mama |
yasya me tvaṃ hṛṣīkeśa yathepsitamupasthitaḥ || 25 ||
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vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
anujñātastu kṛṣṇena pāṇḍavo bhrātṛbhiḥ saha |
īhituṃ rājasūyāya sādhanānyupacakrame || 26 ||
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tata ājñāpayāmāsa pāṇḍavo'rinibarhaṇaḥ |
sahadevaṃ yudhāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ mantriṇaścaiva sarvaśaḥ || 27 ||
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asminkratau yathoktāni yajñāṅgāni dvijātibhiḥ |
tathopakaraṇaṃ sarvaṃ maṅgalāni ca sarvaśaḥ || 28 ||
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adhiyajñāṃśca saṃbhārāndhaumyoktānkṣiprameva hi |
samānayantu puruṣā yathāyogaṃ yathākramam || 29 ||
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indraseno viśokaśca pūruścārjunasārathiḥ |
annādyāharaṇe yuktāḥ santu matpriyakāmyayā || 30 ||
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sarvakāmāśca kāryantāṃ rasagandhasamanvitāḥ |
manoharāḥ prītikarā dvijānāṃ kurusattama || 31 ||
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tadvākyasamakālaṃ tu kṛtaṃ sarvamavedayat |
sahadevo yudhāṃ śreṣṭho dharmarāje mahātmani || 32 ||
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tato dvaipāyano rājannṛtvijaḥ samupānayat |
vedāniva mahābhāgānsākṣānmūrtimato dvijān || 33 ||
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svayaṃ brahmatvamakarottasya satyavatīsutaḥ |
dhanaṃjayānāmṛṣabhaḥ susāmā sāmago'bhavat || 34 ||
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yājñavalkyo babhūvātha brahmiṣṭho'dhvaryusattamaḥ |
pailo hotā vasoḥ putro dhaumyena sahito'bhavat || 35 ||
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eteṣāṃ śiṣyavargāśca putrāśca bharatarṣabha |
babhūvurhotragāḥ sarve vedavedāṅgapāragāḥ || 36 ||
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te vācayitvā puṇyāhamīhayitvā ca taṃ vidhim |
śāstroktaṃ yojayāmāsustaddevayajanaṃ mahat || 37 ||
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tatra cakruranujñātāḥ śaraṇānyuta śilpinaḥ |
ratnavanti viśālāni veśmānīva divaukasām || 38 ||
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tata ājñāpayāmāsa sa rājā rājasattamaḥ |
sahadevaṃ tadā sadyo mantriṇaṃ kurusattamaḥ || 39 ||
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āmantraṇārthaṃ dūtāṃstvaṃ preṣayasvāśugāndrutam |
upaśrutya vaco rājñaḥ sa dūtānprāhiṇottadā || 40 ||
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āmantrayadhvaṃ rāṣṭreṣu brāhmaṇānbhūmipānapi |
viśaśca mānyāñśūdrāṃśca sarvānānayateti ca || 41 ||
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te sarvānpṛthivīpālānpāṇḍaveyasya śāsanāt |
āmantrayāṃ babhūvuśca preṣayāmāsa cāparān || 42 ||
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tataste tu yathākālaṃ kuntīputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram |
dīkṣayāṃ cakrire viprā rājasūyāya bhārata || 43 ||
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dīkṣitaḥ sa tu dharmātmā dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |
jagāma yajñāyatanaṃ vṛto vipraiḥ sahasraśaḥ || 44 ||
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bhrātṛbhirjñātibhiścaiva suhṛdbhiḥ sacivaistathā |
kṣatriyaiśca manuṣyendra nānādeśasamāgataiḥ |
amātyaiśca nṛpaśreṣṭho dharmo vigrahavāniva || 45 ||
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ājagmurbrāhmaṇāstatra viṣayebhyastatastataḥ |
sarvavidyāsu niṣṇātā vedavedāṅgapāragāḥ || 46 ||
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teṣāmāvasathāṃścakrurdharmarājasya śāsanāt |
bahvannāñśayanairyuktānsagaṇānāṃ pṛthakpṛthak |
sarvartuguṇasaṃpannāñśilpino'tha sahasraśaḥ || 47 ||
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teṣu te nyavasanrājanbrāhmaṇā bhṛśasatkṛtāḥ |
kathayantaḥ kathā bahvīḥ paśyanto naṭanartakān || 48 ||
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bhuñjatāṃ caiva viprāṇāṃ vadatāṃ ca mahāsvanaḥ |
aniśaṃ śrūyate smātra muditānāṃ mahātmanām || 49 ||
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dīyatāṃ dīyatāmeṣāṃ bhujyatāṃ bhujyatāmiti |
evaṃprakārāḥ saṃjalpāḥ śrūyante smātra nityaśaḥ || 50 ||
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gavāṃ śatasahasrāṇi śayanānāṃ ca bhārata |
rukmasya yoṣitāṃ caiva dharmarājaḥ pṛthagdadau || 51 ||
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prāvartataivaṃ yajñaḥ sa pāṇḍavasya mahātmanaḥ |
pṛthivyāmekavīrasya śakrasyeva triviṣṭape || 52 ||
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tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā preṣayāmāsa pāṇḍavam |
nakulaṃ hāstinapuraṃ bhīṣmāya bharatarṣabha || 53 ||
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droṇāya dhṛtarāṣṭrāya vidurāya kṛpāya ca |
bhrātṝṇāṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ ye'nuraktā yudhiṣṭhire || 54 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Chapter 30

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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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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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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Cover of edition (2018)

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

1681 pages; [Publisher: Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur]

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Cover of edition (2018)

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

7248pages

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