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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 5.2.12
तस्मात्प्रणम्यैव वचो ब्रवीतु वैचित्रवीर्यं बहुसामयुक्तम् ।
तथा हि शक्यो धृतराष्ट्रपुत्रः स्वार्थे नियोक्तुं पुरुषेण तेन ॥ १२ ॥
tasmātpraṇamyaiva vaco bravītu vaicitravīryaṃ bahusāmayuktam |
tathā hi śakyo dhṛtarāṣṭraputraḥ svārthe niyoktuṃ puruṣeṇa tena || 12 ||
Note! The following is not a direct translation of the verse, but merely an approximate preview.
...assembled, let him speak words full of humility and likely to serve the interests of Yudhishthira, At all events, let them not be provoked, for they have taken possession of the kingdom...
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 (5.2.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Tasmat, Tad, Prana, Vaca, Vacas, Vaicitravirya, Bahu, Sama, Saman, Yuktam, Yukta, Tatha, Shakya, Dhritarashtra, Putra, Svartha, Purusha, Purushena, Tena,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 5.2.12). 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: “tasmātpraṇamyaiva vaco bravītu vaicitravīryaṃ bahusāmayuktam”
- tasmāt -
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tasmāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (noun, neuter)[ablative single]sa (noun, masculine)[ablative single]
- praṇam -
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praṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]praṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]praṇā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- yai -
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yā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single]i (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]ī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [compound]ī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [compound]e (noun, masculine)[adverb]
- aiva -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active first dual]
- vaco* -
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vacas (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vacas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]vaca (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- bravītu -
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√brū (verb class 2)[imperative active third single]
- vaicitravīryam -
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vaicitravīrya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- bahu -
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bahu (indeclinable)[indeclinable]bahu (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]bahu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]bahu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- sāma -
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sāma (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sāma (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sāman (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- yuktam -
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yuktam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]yukta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]yukta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]yuktā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√yuj -> yukta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √yuj class 7 verb]√yuj -> yukta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √yuj class 7 verb], [accusative single from √yuj class 7 verb]
- Line 2: “tathā hi śakyo dhṛtarāṣṭraputraḥ svārthe niyoktuṃ puruṣeṇa tena”
- tathā* -
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tathā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]tatha (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- śakyo* -
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śakya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√śak -> śakya (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √śak class 5 verb]
- dhṛtarāṣṭra -
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dhṛtarāṣṭra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- putraḥ -
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putra (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- svārthe -
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svārtha (noun, masculine)[locative single]svārtha (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]svārthā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- ni -
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ni (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]ni (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ni (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]nī (noun, masculine)[adverb]nī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]nī (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- yoktum -
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√yuj -> yoktum (infinitive)[infinitive from √yuj]
- puruṣeṇa -
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puruṣeṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]puruṣeṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]puruṣa (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]puruṣa (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- tena -
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tena (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ta (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]ta (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]tad (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]sa (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]√tan (verb class 8)[perfect active second plural]√tan (verb class 4)[perfect active second plural]√tan (verb class 1)[perfect active second plural]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 5.2.12
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 5.2.12 in Kannada sript:
ತಸ್ಮಾತ್ಪ್ರಣಮ್ಯೈವ ವಚೋ ಬ್ರವೀತು ವೈಚಿತ್ರವೀರ್ಯಂ ಬಹುಸಾಮಯುಕ್ತಮ್ ।
ತಥಾ ಹಿ ಶಕ್ಯೋ ಧೃತರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಪುತ್ರಃ ಸ್ವಾರ್ಥೇ ನಿಯೋಕ್ತುಂ ಪುರುಷೇಣ ತೇನ ॥ ೧೨ ॥
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 5.2.12 in Bengali sript:
তস্মাত্প্রণম্যৈব বচো ব্রবীতু বৈচিত্রবীর্যং বহুসামযুক্তম্ ।
তথা হি শক্যো ধৃতরাষ্ট্রপুত্রঃ স্বার্থে নিযোক্তুং পুরুষেণ তেন ॥ ১২ ॥
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 5.2.12 in Gujarati sript:
તસ્માત્પ્રણમ્યૈવ વચો બ્રવીતુ વૈચિત્રવીર્યં બહુસામયુક્તમ્ ।
તથા હિ શક્યો ધૃતરાષ્ટ્રપુત્રઃ સ્વાર્થે નિયોક્તું પુરુષેણ તેન ॥ ૧૨ ॥
Shri Mahabharatam in Malayalam (2 volumes)
by Swami Mridananda (2018)
1681 pages; [Publisher: Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur]
Buy now!Preview of verse 5.2.12 in Malayalam sript:
തസ്മാത്പ്രണമ്യൈവ വചോ ബ്രവീതു വൈചിത്രവീര്യം ബഹുസാമയുക്തമ് ।
തഥാ ഹി ശക്യോ ധൃതരാഷ്ട്രപുത്രഃ സ്വാര്ഥേ നിയോക്തും പുരുഷേണ തേന ॥ ൧൨ ॥
Mahabharata in Telugu (7 Volumes)
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2018)
7248pages
Buy now!Preview of verse 5.2.12 in Telugu sript:
తస్మాత్ప్రణమ్యైవ వచో బ్రవీతు వైచిత్రవీర్యం బహుసామయుక్తమ్ ।
తథా హి శక్యో ధృతరాష్ట్రపుత్రః స్వార్థే నియోక్తుం పురుషేణ తేన ॥ ౧౨ ॥