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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 3.253.14
कस्याद्य कायं प्रतिभिद्य घोरा महीं प्रवेक्ष्यन्ति शिताः शराग्र्याः ।
मा त्वं शुचस्तां प्रति भीरु विद्धि यथाद्य कृष्णा पुनरेष्यतीति ।
निहत्य सर्वान्द्विषतः समग्रान्पार्थाः समेष्यन्त्यथ याज्ञसेन्या ॥ १४ ॥
kasyādya kāyaṃ pratibhidya ghorā mahīṃ pravekṣyanti śitāḥ śarāgryāḥ |
mā tvaṃ śucastāṃ prati bhīru viddhi yathādya kṛṣṇā punareṣyatīti |
nihatya sarvāndviṣataḥ samagrānpārthāḥ sameṣyantyatha yājñasenyā || 14 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
...the threshold of the hermitage. And she looked grand in the superb beauty of her form, and seemed to shed a lustre on the woodland around, like lightning illuminating masses of dark...
English translation by Kisari Mohan Ganguly (2013) Read online Buy now!
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (3.253.14). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Kah, Kim, Adya, Kaya, Pratibhi, Ghora, Mahi, Prava, Ikshi, Ikshya, Anti, Shita, Sharagrya, Asmad, Tva, Yushmad, Shuc, Shuca, Prati, Bhiru, Yatha, Krishna, Punar, Eshyat, Iti, Nihatya, Sarva, Dvishat, Samagra, Partha, Sama, Ishyat, Ishyanti, Atha, Yajnaseni,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 3.253.14). 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: “kasyādya kāyaṃ pratibhidya ghorā mahīṃ pravekṣyanti śitāḥ śarāgryāḥ ”
- kasyā -
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√kas -> kasya (absolutive)[absolutive from √kas]ka (noun, masculine)[genitive single]ka (noun, neuter)[genitive single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[genitive single]kim (pronoun, neuter)[genitive single]
- adya -
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adya (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]adya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]adya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kāyam -
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kāya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kāya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]kāyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- pratibhi -
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pratibhī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- dya -
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√dā (verb class 4)[imperative active second single]
- ghorā* -
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ghora (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]ghorā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- mahīm -
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mahī (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- prave -
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prava (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]prava (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]pravā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√pru (verb class 1)[present middle first single]
- īkṣya -
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īkṣī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]√īkṣ -> īkṣya (absolutive)[absolutive from √īkṣ]√īkṣ -> īkṣya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √īkṣ class 1 verb]√īkṣ -> īkṣya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √īkṣ class 1 verb]
- anti -
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anti (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]anti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]antī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- śitāḥ -
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śita (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]śitā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√śā -> śita (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √śā class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √śā class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √śā class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √śā class 4 verb]√śā -> śitā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √śā class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √śā class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √śā class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √śā class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √śā class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √śā class 4 verb]
- śarāgryāḥ -
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śarāgrya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- Line 2: “mā tvaṃ śucastāṃ prati bhīru viddhi yathādya kṛṣṇā punareṣyatīti ”
- mā -
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mā (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]mā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[accusative single]
- tvam -
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tva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tva (noun, masculine)[accusative single]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[nominative single]
- śucas -
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śuc (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]śuc (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]śuc (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]śuca (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√śuc (verb class 1)[injunctive active second single]√śuc (verb class 4)[injunctive active second single]
- tām -
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tā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]sā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- prati -
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prati (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]prati (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]pratī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]pratī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]pratī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- bhīru -
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bhīru (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]bhīru (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]bhīrū (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]bhīrū (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]bhīrū (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- viddhi -
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viddhi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]√vid (verb class 2)[imperative active second single]
- yathā -
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yathā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]yathā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- adya -
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adya (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]adya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]adya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kṛṣṇā -
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kṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- punar -
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punar (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]punar (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- eṣyatī -
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eṣyat (noun, masculine)[locative single]eṣyat (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]√i -> eṣyat (participle, masculine)[locative single from √i class 2 verb]√i -> eṣyat (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √i class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √i class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √i class 2 verb], [locative single from √i class 2 verb]√i (verb class 2)[future active third single]
- iti -
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iti (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]iti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- Line 3: “nihatya sarvāndviṣataḥ samagrānpārthāḥ sameṣyantyatha yājñasenyā ”
- nihatya -
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nihatya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]nihatya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- sarvān -
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sarva (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- dviṣataḥ -
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dviṣat (noun, masculine)[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]dviṣat (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- samagrān -
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samagra (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- pārthāḥ -
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pārtha (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- same -
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sama (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]sama (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]samā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√sam (verb class 1)[present middle first single], [imperative active second single]samā (Preverb)[Preverb]
- iṣyantya -
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√iṣ -> iṣyat (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √iṣ class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √iṣ class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √iṣ class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √iṣ class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √iṣ class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √iṣ class 4 verb]√iṣ -> iṣyantī (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √iṣ class 4 verb], [vocative single from √iṣ class 4 verb]√iṣ (verb class 4)[present active third plural]
- atha -
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atha (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- yājñasenyā -
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yājñasenī (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 3.253.14
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;
Buy now!Preview of verse 3.253.14 in Kannada sript:
ಕಸ್ಯಾದ್ಯ ಕಾಯಂ ಪ್ರತಿಭಿದ್ಯ ಘೋರಾ ಮಹೀಂ ಪ್ರವೇಕ್ಷ್ಯನ್ತಿ ಶಿತಾಃ ಶರಾಗ್ರ್ಯಾಃ ।
ಮಾ ತ್ವಂ ಶುಚಸ್ತಾಂ ಪ್ರತಿ ಭೀರು ವಿದ್ಧಿ ಯಥಾದ್ಯ ಕೃಷ್ಣಾ ಪುನರೇಷ್ಯತೀತಿ ।
ನಿಹತ್ಯ ಸರ್ವಾನ್ದ್ವಿಷತಃ ಸಮಗ್ರಾನ್ಪಾರ್ಥಾಃ ಸಮೇಷ್ಯನ್ತ್ಯಥ ಯಾಜ್ಞಸೇನ್ಯಾ ॥ ೧೪ ॥
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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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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The Mahabharata in Bengali (Two Volumes)
by Akshay Library, Kolkata (2019)
3049 pages; [মহাভারত] [মহার্ষী বদভ্যাস (Maharishi Vedvyas)]
Buy now!Preview of verse 3.253.14 in Bengali sript:
কস্যাদ্য কাযং প্রতিভিদ্য ঘোরা মহীং প্রবেক্ষ্যন্তি শিতাঃ শরাগ্র্যাঃ ।
মা ত্বং শুচস্তাং প্রতি ভীরু বিদ্ধি যথাদ্য কৃষ্ণা পুনরেষ্যতীতি ।
নিহত্য সর্বান্দ্বিষতঃ সমগ্রান্পার্থাঃ সমেষ্যন্ত্যথ যাজ্ঞসেন্যা ॥ ১৪ ॥
Mahabharat in Gujarati (20 Volumes)
by Dinkar Joshi (દિનકર જોશી) (2010)
14252 pages; [મહાભારત] [Publisher: Pravin Prakashan Pvt. Ltd, Rajkot]
Buy now!Preview of verse 3.253.14 in Gujarati sript:
કસ્યાદ્ય કાયં પ્રતિભિદ્ય ઘોરા મહીં પ્રવેક્ષ્યન્તિ શિતાઃ શરાગ્ર્યાઃ ।
મા ત્વં શુચસ્તાં પ્રતિ ભીરુ વિદ્ધિ યથાદ્ય કૃષ્ણા પુનરેષ્યતીતિ ।
નિહત્ય સર્વાન્દ્વિષતઃ સમગ્રાન્પાર્થાઃ સમેષ્યન્ત્યથ યાજ્ઞસેન્યા ॥ ૧૪ ॥
Shri Mahabharatam in Malayalam (2 volumes)
by Swami Mridananda (2018)
1681 pages; [Publisher: Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur]
Buy now!Preview of verse 3.253.14 in Malayalam sript:
കസ്യാദ്യ കായം പ്രതിഭിദ്യ ഘോരാ മഹീം പ്രവേക്ഷ്യന്തി ശിതാഃ ശരാഗ്ര്യാഃ ।
മാ ത്വം ശുചസ്താം പ്രതി ഭീരു വിദ്ധി യഥാദ്യ കൃഷ്ണാ പുനരേഷ്യതീതി ।
നിഹത്യ സര്വാന്ദ്വിഷതഃ സമഗ്രാന്പാര്ഥാഃ സമേഷ്യന്ത്യഥ യാജ്ഞസേന്യാ ॥ ൧൪ ॥
Mahabharata in Telugu (7 Volumes)
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2018)
7248pages
Buy now!Preview of verse 3.253.14 in Telugu sript:
కస్యాద్య కాయం ప్రతిభిద్య ఘోరా మహీం ప్రవేక్ష్యన్తి శితాః శరాగ్ర్యాః ।
మా త్వం శుచస్తాం ప్రతి భీరు విద్ధి యథాద్య కృష్ణా పునరేష్యతీతి ।
నిహత్య సర్వాన్ద్విషతః సమగ్రాన్పార్థాః సమేష్యన్త్యథ యాజ్ఞసేన్యా ॥ ౧౪ ॥