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 175

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janamejaya uvāca |
kathaṃ nāgāyutaprāṇo bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ |
bhayamāhārayattīvraṃ tasmādajagarānmune || 1 ||
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paulastyaṃ yo''hvayadyuddhe dhanadaṃ baladarpitaḥ |
nalinyāṃ kadanaṃ kṛtvā varāṇāṃ yakṣarakṣasām || 2 ||
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taṃ śaṃsasi bhayāviṣṭamāpannamarikarṣaṇam |
etadicchāmyahaṃ śrotuṃ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me || 3 ||
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vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
bahvāścarye vane teṣāṃ vasatāmugradhanvinām |
prāptānāmāśramādrājanrājarṣervṛṣaparvaṇaḥ || 4 ||
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yadṛcchayā dhanuṣpāṇirbaddhakhaḍgo vṛkodaraḥ |
dadarśa tadvanaṃ ramyaṃ devagandharvasevitam || 5 ||
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sa dadarśa śubhāndeśāngirerhimavatastadā |
devarṣisiddhacaritānapsarogaṇasevitān || 6 ||
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cakoraiścakravākaiśca pakṣibhirjīvajīvakaiḥ |
kokilairbhṛṅgarājaiśca tatra tatra vināditān || 7 ||
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nityapuṣpaphalairvṛkṣairhimasaṃsparśakomalaiḥ |
upetānbahulacchāyairmanonayananandanaiḥ || 8 ||
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sa saṃpaśyangirinadīrvaiḍūryamaṇisaṃnibhaiḥ |
salilairhimasaṃsparśairhaṃsakāraṇḍavāyutaiḥ || 9 ||
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vanāni devadārūṇāṃ meghānāmiva vāgurāḥ |
haricandanamiśrāṇi tuṅgakālīyakānyapi || 10 ||
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mṛgayāṃ paridhāvansa sameṣu marudhanvasu |
vidhyanmṛgāñśaraiḥ śuddhaiścacāra sumahābalaḥ || 11 ||
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sa dadarśa mahākāyaṃ bhujaṅgaṃ lomaharṣaṇam |
giridurge samāpannaṃ kāyenāvṛtya kandaram || 12 ||
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parvatābhogavarṣmāṇaṃ bhogaiścandrārkamaṇḍalaiḥ |
citrāṅgamajinaiścitrairharidrāsadṛśacchavim || 13 ||
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guhākāreṇa vaktreṇa caturdaṃṣṭreṇa rājatā |
dīptākṣeṇātitāmreṇa lihantaṃ sṛkkiṇī muhuḥ || 14 ||
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trāsanaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ kālāntakayamopamam |
niḥśvāsakṣveḍanādena bhartsayantamiva sthitam || 15 ||
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sa bhīmaṃ sahasābhyetya pṛdākuḥ kṣudhito bhṛśam |
jagrāhājagaro grāho bhujayorubhayorbalāt || 16 ||
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tena saṃspṛṣṭamātrasya bhīmasenasya vai tadā |
saṃjñā mumoha sahasā varadānena tasya ha || 17 ||
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daśa nāgasahasrāṇi dhārayanti hi yadbalam |
tadbalaṃ bhīmasenasya bhujayorasamaṃ paraiḥ || 18 ||
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sa tejasvī tathā tena bhujagena vaśīkṛtaḥ |
visphurañśanakairbhīmo na śaśāka viceṣṭitum || 19 ||
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nāgāyutasamaprāṇaḥ siṃhaskandho mahābhujaḥ |
gṛhīto vyajahātsattvaṃ varadānena mohitaḥ || 20 ||
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sa hi prayatnamakarottīvramātmavimokṣaṇe |
na cainamaśakadvīraḥ kathaṃcitpratibādhitum || 21 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Chapter 175

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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