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 46

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janamejaya uvāca |
kathaṃ samabhavaddyūtaṃ bhrātṝṇāṃ tanmahātyayam |
yatra tadvyasanaṃ prāptaṃ pāṇḍavairme pitāmahaiḥ || 1 ||
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ke ca tatra sabhāstārā rājāno brahmavittama |
ke cainamanvamodanta ke cainaṃ pratyaṣedhayan || 2 ||
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vistareṇaitadicchāmi kathyamānaṃ tvayā dvija |
mūlaṃ hyetadvināśasya pṛthivyā dvijasattama || 3 ||
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sūta uvāca |
evamuktastadā rājñā vyāsaśiṣyaḥ pratāpavān |
ācacakṣe yathāvṛttaṃ tatsarvaṃ sarvavedavit || 4 ||
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vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
śṛṇu me vistareṇemāṃ kathāṃ bharatasattama |
bhūya eva mahārāja yadi te śravaṇe matiḥ || 5 ||
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vidurasya mataṃ jñātvā dhṛtarāṣṭro'mbikāsutaḥ |
duryodhanamidaṃ vākyamuvāca vijane punaḥ || 6 ||
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alaṃ dyūtena gāndhāre viduro na praśaṃsati |
na hyasau sumahābuddhirahitaṃ no vadiṣyati || 7 ||
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hitaṃ hi paramaṃ manye viduro yatprabhāṣate |
kriyatāṃ putra tatsarvametanmanye hitaṃ tava || 8 ||
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devarṣirvāsavagururdevarājāya dhīmate |
yatprāha śāstraṃ bhagavānbṛhaspatirudāradhīḥ || 9 ||
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tadveda viduraḥ sarvaṃ sarahasyaṃ mahākaviḥ |
sthitaśca vacane tasya sadāhamapi putraka || 10 ||
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viduro vāpi medhāvī kurūṇāṃ pravaro mataḥ |
uddhavo vā mahābuddhirvṛṣṇīnāmarcito nṛpa || 11 ||
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dyūtena tadalaṃ putra dyūte bhedo hi dṛśyate |
bhede vināśo rājyasya tatputra parivarjaya || 12 ||
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pitrā mātrā ca putrasya yadvai kāryaṃ paraṃ smṛtam |
prāptastvamasi tattāta pitṛpaitāmahaṃ padam || 13 ||
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adhītavānkṛtī śāstre lālitaḥ satataṃ gṛhe |
bhrātṛjyeṣṭhaḥ sthito rājye vindase kiṃ na śobhanam || 14 ||
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pṛthagjanairalabhyaṃ yadbhojanācchādanaṃ param |
tatprāpto'si mahābāho kasmācchocasi putraka || 15 ||
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sphītaṃ rāṣṭraṃ mahābāho pitṛpaitāmahaṃ mahat |
nityamājñāpayanbhāsi divi deveśvaro yathā || 16 ||
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tasya te viditaprajña śokamūlamidaṃ katham |
samutthitaṃ duḥkhataraṃ tanme śaṃsitumarhasi || 17 ||
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duryodhana uvāca |
aśnāmyācchādayāmīti prapaśyanpāpapūruṣaḥ |
nāmarṣaṃ kurute yastu puruṣaḥ so'dhamaḥ smṛtaḥ || 18 ||
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na māṃ prīṇāti rājendra lakṣmīḥ sādhāraṇā vibho |
jvalitāmiva kaunteye śriyaṃ dṛṣṭvā ca vivyathe || 19 ||
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sarvāṃ hi pṛthivīṃ dṛṣṭvā yudhiṣṭhiravaśānugām |
sthiro'smi yo'haṃ jīvāmi duḥkhādetadbravīmi te || 20 ||
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āvarjitā ivābhānti nighnāścaitrakikaukurāḥ |
kāraskarā lohajaṅghā yudhiṣṭhiraniveśane || 21 ||
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himavatsāgarānūpāḥ sarvaratnākarāstathā |
antyāḥ sarve paryudastā yudhiṣṭhiraniveśane || 22 ||
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jyeṣṭho'yamiti māṃ matvā śreṣṭhaśceti viśāṃ pate |
yudhiṣṭhireṇa satkṛtya yukto ratnaparigrahe || 23 ||
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upasthitānāṃ ratnānāṃ śreṣṭhānāmarghahāriṇām |
nādṛśyata paraḥ prānto nāparastatra bhārata || 24 ||
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na me hastaḥ samabhavadvasu tatpratigṛhṇataḥ |
prātiṣṭhanta mayi śrānte gṛhya dūrāhṛtaṃ vasu || 25 ||
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kṛtāṃ bindusaroratnairmayena sphāṭikacchadām |
apaśyaṃ nalinīṃ pūrṇāmudakasyeva bhārata || 26 ||
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vastramutkarṣati mayi prāhasatsa vṛkodaraḥ |
śatrorṛddhiviśeṣeṇa vimūḍhaṃ ratnavarjitam || 27 ||
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tatra sma yadi śaktaḥ syāṃ pātayeyaṃ vṛkodaram |
sapatnenāvahāso hi sa māṃ dahati bhārata || 28 ||
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punaśca tādṛśīmeva vāpīṃ jalajaśālinīm |
matvā śilāsamāṃ toye patito'smi narādhipa || 29 ||
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tatra māṃ prāhasatkṛṣṇaḥ pārthena saha sasvanam |
draupadī ca saha strībhirvyathayantī mano mama || 30 ||
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klinnavastrasya ca jale kiṃkarā rājacoditāḥ |
dadurvāsāṃsi me'nyāni tacca duḥkhataraṃ mama || 31 ||
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pralambhaṃ ca śṛṇuṣvānyaṃ gadato me narādhipa |
advāreṇa vinirgacchandvārasaṃsthānarūpiṇā |
abhihatya śilāṃ bhūyo lalāṭenāsmi vikṣataḥ || 32 ||
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tatra māṃ yamajau dūrādālokya lalitau kila |
bāhubhiḥ parigṛhṇītāṃ śocantau sahitāvubhau || 33 ||
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uvāca sahadevastu tatra māṃ vismayanniva |
idaṃ dvāramito gaccha rājanniti punaḥ punaḥ || 34 ||
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nāmadheyāni ratnānāṃ purastānna śrutāni me |
yāni dṛṣṭāni me tasyāṃ manastapati tacca me || 35 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Chapter 46

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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