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 3.37.28

अस्त्रहेतोर्महेन्द्रं च रुद्रं चैवाभिगच्छतु ।
वरुणं च धनेशं च धर्मराजं च पाण्डव ।
शक्तो ह्येष सुरान्द्रष्टुं तपसा विक्रमेण च ॥ २८ ॥

astrahetormahendraṃ ca rudraṃ caivābhigacchatu |
varuṇaṃ ca dhaneśaṃ ca dharmarājaṃ ca pāṇḍava |
śakto hyeṣa surāndraṣṭuṃ tapasā vikrameṇa ca || 28 ||

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

...various forms and attire, and by thousands of women in the form and attire of Kiratas. And, O king, that region suddenly blazed up in beauty, in consequence of the arrival of the god...

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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 (3.37.28). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Astri, Astra, Ahetu, Mahendra, Rudra, Abhi, Varuna, Dhanesh, Dhanesha, Dharmaraj, Dharmaraja, Pandava, Shakta, Esha, Sura, Tapasa, Vikrama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 3.37.28). 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: “astrahetormahendraṃ ca rudraṃ caivābhigacchatu
  • astra -
  • astṛ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    astṛ (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    astra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ahetor -
  • ahetu (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • mahendram -
  • mahendra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    mahendrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rudram -
  • rudra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    rudra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    rudrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aivā -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • abhi -
  • abhi (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    abhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    abhi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    abhi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    abhī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    abhī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    abhī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    abhi (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • gacchatu -
  • gam (verb class 1)
    [imperative active third single]
  • Line 2: “varuṇaṃ ca dhaneśaṃ ca dharmarājaṃ ca pāṇḍava
  • varuṇam -
  • varuṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    varuṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dhaneśam -
  • dhaneśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dhaneś (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dharmarājam -
  • dharmarāja (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dharmarājan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    dharmarāj (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pāṇḍava -
  • pāṇḍava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pāṇḍava (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 3: “śakto hyeṣa surāndraṣṭuṃ tapasā vikrameṇa ca
  • śakto* -
  • śakta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śac -> śakta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √śac class 1 verb]
    śak -> śakta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √śak class 5 verb]
  • hye -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • eṣa -
  • eṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    eṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single], [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
    iṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • surān -
  • sura (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • draṣṭum -
  • dṛś -> draṣṭum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √dṛś]
  • tapasā* -
  • tapasa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • vikrameṇa -
  • vikrama (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 3.37.28

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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Preview of verse 3.37.28 in Kannada sript:
ಅಸ್ತ್ರಹೇತೋರ್ಮಹೇನ್ದ್ರಂ ಚ ರುದ್ರಂ ಚೈವಾಭಿಗಚ್ಛತು ।
ವರುಣಂ ಚ ಧನೇಶಂ ಚ ಧರ್ಮರಾಜಂ ಚ ಪಾಣ್ಡವ ।
ಶಕ್ತೋ ಹ್ಯೇಷ ಸುರಾನ್ದ್ರಷ್ಟುಂ ತಪಸಾ ವಿಕ್ರಮೇಣ ಚ ॥ ೨೮ ॥

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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Preview of verse 3.37.28 in Bengali sript:
অস্ত্রহেতোর্মহেন্দ্রং চ রুদ্রং চৈবাভিগচ্ছতু ।
বরুণং চ ধনেশং চ ধর্মরাজং চ পাণ্ডব ।
শক্তো হ্যেষ সুরান্দ্রষ্টুং তপসা বিক্রমেণ চ ॥ ২৮ ॥

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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Preview of verse 3.37.28 in Gujarati sript:
અસ્ત્રહેતોર્મહેન્દ્રં ચ રુદ્રં ચૈવાભિગચ્છતુ ।
વરુણં ચ ધનેશં ચ ધર્મરાજં ચ પાણ્ડવ ।
શક્તો હ્યેષ સુરાન્દ્રષ્ટું તપસા વિક્રમેણ ચ ॥ ૨૮ ॥

Cover of edition (2018)

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

1681 pages; [Publisher: Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur]

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Preview of verse 3.37.28 in Malayalam sript:
അസ്ത്രഹേതോര്മഹേന്ദ്രം ച രുദ്രം ചൈവാഭിഗച്ഛതു ।
വരുണം ച ധനേശം ച ധര്മരാജം ച പാണ്ഡവ ।
ശക്തോ ഹ്യേഷ സുരാന്ദ്രഷ്ടും തപസാ വിക്രമേണ ച ॥ ൨൮ ॥

Cover of edition (2018)

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

7248pages

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Preview of verse 3.37.28 in Telugu sript:
అస్త్రహేతోర్మహేన్ద్రం చ రుద్రం చైవాభిగచ్ఛతు ।
వరుణం చ ధనేశం చ ధర్మరాజం చ పాణ్డవ ।
శక్తో హ్యేష సురాన్ద్రష్టుం తపసా విక్రమేణ చ ॥ ౨౮ ॥

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