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 43

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vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
vasanduryodhanastasyāṃ sabhāyāṃ bharatarṣabha |
śanairdadarśa tāṃ sarvāṃ sabhāṃ śakuninā saha || 1 ||
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tasyāṃ divyānabhiprāyāndadarśa kurunandanaḥ |
na dṛṣṭapūrvā ye tena nagare nāgasāhvaye || 2 ||
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sa kadācitsabhāmadhye dhārtarāṣṭro mahīpatiḥ |
sphāṭikaṃ talamāsādya jalamityabhiśaṅkayā || 3 ||
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svavastrotkarṣaṇaṃ rājā kṛtavānbuddhimohitaḥ |
durmanā vimukhaścaiva paricakrāma tāṃ sabhām || 4 ||
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tataḥ sphāṭikatoyāṃ vai sphāṭikāmbujaśobhitām |
vāpīṃ matvā sthalamiti savāsāḥ prāpatajjale || 5 ||
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jale nipatitaṃ dṛṣṭvā kiṃkarā jahasurbhṛśam |
vāsāṃsi ca śubhānyasmai pradadū rājaśāsanāt || 6 ||
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tathāgataṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ |
arjunaśca yamau cobhau sarve te prāhasaṃstadā || 7 ||
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nāmarṣayattatasteṣāmavahāsamamarṣaṇaḥ |
ākāraṃ rakṣamāṇastu na sa tānsamudaikṣata || 8 ||
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punarvasanamutkṣipya pratariṣyanniva sthalam |
āruroha tataḥ sarve jahasuste punarjanāḥ || 9 ||
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dvāraṃ ca vivṛtākāraṃ lalāṭena samāhanat |
saṃvṛtaṃ ceti manvāno dvāradeśādupāramat || 10 ||
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evaṃ pralambhānvividhānprāpya tatra viśāṃ pate |
pāṇḍaveyābhyanujñātastato duryodhano nṛpaḥ || 11 ||
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aprahṛṣṭena manasā rājasūye mahākratau |
prekṣya tāmadbhutāmṛddhiṃ jagāma gajasāhvayam || 12 ||
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pāṇḍavaśrīprataptasya dhyānaglānasya gacchataḥ |
duryodhanasya nṛpateḥ pāpā matirajāyata || 13 ||
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pārthānsumanaso dṛṣṭvā pārthivāṃśca vaśānugān |
kṛtsnaṃ cāpi hitaṃ lokamākumāraṃ kurūdvaha || 14 ||
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mahimānaṃ paraṃ cāpi pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām |
duryodhano dhārtarāṣṭro vivarṇaḥ samapadyata || 15 ||
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sa tu gacchannanekāgraḥ sabhāmevānucintayan |
śriyaṃ ca tāmanupamāṃ dharmarājasya dhīmataḥ || 16 ||
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pramatto dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putro duryodhanastadā |
nābhyabhāṣatsubalajaṃ bhāṣamāṇaṃ punaḥ punaḥ || 17 ||
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anekāgraṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā śakuniḥ pratyabhāṣata |
duryodhana kutomūlaṃ niḥśvasanniva gacchasi || 18 ||
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duryodhana uvāca |
dṛṣṭvemāṃ pṛthivīṃ kṛtsnāṃ yudhiṣṭhiravaśānugām |
jitāmastrapratāpena śvetāśvasya mahātmanaḥ || 19 ||
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taṃ ca yajñaṃ tathābhūtaṃ dṛṣṭvā pārthasya mātula |
yathā śakrasya deveṣu tathābhūtaṃ mahādyute || 20 ||
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amarṣeṇa susaṃpūrṇo dahyamāno divāniśam |
śuciśukrāgame kāle śuṣye toyamivālpakam || 21 ||
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paśya sātvatamukhyena śiśupālaṃ nipātitam |
na ca tatra pumānāsītkaścittasya padānugaḥ || 22 ||
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dahyamānā hi rājānaḥ pāṇḍavotthena vahninā |
kṣāntavanto'parādhaṃ taṃ ko hi taṃ kṣantumarhati || 23 ||
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vāsudevena tatkarma tathāyuktaṃ mahatkṛtam |
siddhaṃ ca pāṇḍaveyānāṃ pratāpena mahātmanām || 24 ||
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tathā hi ratnānyādāya vividhāni nṛpā nṛpam |
upatiṣṭhanti kaunteyaṃ vaiśyā iva karapradāḥ || 25 ||
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śriyaṃ tathāvidhāṃ dṛṣṭvā jvalantīmiva pāṇḍave |
amarṣavaśamāpanno dahye'hamatathocitaḥ || 26 ||
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vahnimeva pravekṣyāmi bhakṣayiṣyāmi vā viṣam |
apo vāpi pravekṣyāmi na hi śakṣyāmi jīvitum || 27 ||
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ko hi nāma pumāṃlloke marṣayiṣyati sattvavān |
sapatnānṛdhyato dṛṣṭvā hānimātmana eva ca || 28 ||
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so'haṃ na strī na cāpyastrī na pumānnāpumānapi |
yo'haṃ tāṃ marṣayāmyadya tādṛśīṃ śriyamāgatām || 29 ||
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īśvaratvaṃ pṛthivyāśca vasumattāṃ ca tādṛśīm |
yajñaṃ ca tādṛśaṃ dṛṣṭvā mādṛśaḥ ko na saṃjvaret || 30 ||
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aśaktaścaika evāhaṃ tāmāhartuṃ nṛpaśriyam |
sahāyāṃśca na paśyāmi tena mṛtyuṃ vicintaye || 31 ||
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daivameva paraṃ manye pauruṣaṃ tu nirarthakam |
dṛṣṭvā kuntīsute śubhrāṃ śriyaṃ tāmāhṛtāṃ tathā || 32 ||
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kṛto yatno mayā pūrvaṃ vināśe tasya saubala |
tacca sarvamatikramya sa vṛddho'psviva paṅkajam || 33 ||
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tena daivaṃ paraṃ manye pauruṣaṃ tu nirarthakam |
dhārtarāṣṭrā hi hīyante pārthā vardhanti nityaśaḥ || 34 ||
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so'haṃ śriyaṃ ca tāṃ dṛṣṭvā sabhāṃ tāṃ ca tathāvidhām |
rakṣibhiścāvahāsaṃ taṃ paritapye yathāgninā || 35 ||
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sa māmabhyanujānīhi mātulādya suduḥkhitam |
amarṣaṃ ca samāviṣṭaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭre nivedaya || 36 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Chapter 43

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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