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 5.9.48

विजृम्भमाणस्य ततो वृत्रस्यास्यादपावृतात् ।
स्वान्यङ्गान्यभिसंक्षिप्य निष्क्रान्तो बलसूदनः ।
ततः प्रभृति लोकेषु जृम्भिका प्राणिसंश्रिता ॥ ४८ ॥

vijṛmbhamāṇasya tato vṛtrasyāsyādapāvṛtāt |
svānyaṅgānyabhisaṃkṣipya niṣkrānto balasūdanaḥ |
tataḥ prabhṛti lokeṣu jṛmbhikā prāṇisaṃśritā || 48 ||

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

...the terrible fight between Vritra and Indra, both full of ire. And it was waged for a long while, O best of Bharata’s race. And when Vritra, inspired with the mighty spirit of Twashtri...

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

Vijrimbha, Sya, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Vritra, Asya, Apavrita, Nishkranta, Balasudana, Loka, Jrimbhika, Pra, Pran, Pranin, Samshrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 5.9.48). 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: “vijṛmbhamāṇasya tato vṛtrasyāsyādapāvṛtāt
  • vijṛmbham -
  • vijṛmbha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vijṛmbhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • āṇa -
  • aṇ (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
    aṇ (verb class 4)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
  • sya -
  • sya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • tato* -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • vṛtrasyā -
  • vṛtra (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • āsyād -
  • āsya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    āsya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    ās -> āsya (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √ās]
    ās -> āsya (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √ās]
    as -> āsya (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √as]
    as -> āsya (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √as]
    ās -> āsya (participle, masculine)
    [ablative single from √ās]
    ās -> āsya (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √ās]
    as -> āsya (participle, masculine)
    [ablative single from √as]
    as -> āsya (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √as]
  • apāvṛtāt -
  • apāvṛta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    apāvṛta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • Line 2: “svānyaṅgānyabhisaṃkṣipya niṣkrānto balasūdanaḥ
  • Cannot analyse svānyaṅgānyabhisaṅkṣipya*ni
  • niṣkrānto* -
  • niṣkrānta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • balasūdanaḥ -
  • balasūdana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 3: “tataḥ prabhṛti lokeṣu jṛmbhikā prāṇisaṃśritā
  • tataḥ -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • prabhṛti -
  • prabhṛti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • lokeṣu -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
  • jṛmbhikā -
  • jṛmbhikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • prāṇi -
  • prāṇin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    prāṇin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    prāṇ (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    prāṇ (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [locative single]
    prā (verb class 2)
    [imperative active first single]
  • saṃśritā -
  • saṃśritā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 5.9.48

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 5.9.48 in Kannada sript:
ವಿಜೃಮ್ಭಮಾಣಸ್ಯ ತತೋ ವೃತ್ರಸ್ಯಾಸ್ಯಾದಪಾವೃತಾತ್ ।
ಸ್ವಾನ್ಯಙ್ಗಾನ್ಯಭಿಸಂಕ್ಷಿಪ್ಯ ನಿಷ್ಕ್ರಾನ್ತೋ ಬಲಸೂದನಃ ।
ತತಃ ಪ್ರಭೃತಿ ಲೋಕೇಷು ಜೃಮ್ಭಿಕಾ ಪ್ರಾಣಿಸಂಶ್ರಿತಾ ॥ ೪೮ ॥

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 5.9.48 in Bengali sript:
বিজৃম্ভমাণস্য ততো বৃত্রস্যাস্যাদপাবৃতাত্ ।
স্বান্যঙ্গান্যভিসংক্ষিপ্য নিষ্ক্রান্তো বলসূদনঃ ।
ততঃ প্রভৃতি লোকেষু জৃম্ভিকা প্রাণিসংশ্রিতা ॥ ৪৮ ॥

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 5.9.48 in Gujarati sript:
વિજૃમ્ભમાણસ્ય તતો વૃત્રસ્યાસ્યાદપાવૃતાત્ ।
સ્વાન્યઙ્ગાન્યભિસંક્ષિપ્ય નિષ્ક્રાન્તો બલસૂદનઃ ।
તતઃ પ્રભૃતિ લોકેષુ જૃમ્ભિકા પ્રાણિસંશ્રિતા ॥ ૪૮ ॥

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 5.9.48 in Malayalam sript:
വിജൃമ്ഭമാണസ്യ തതോ വൃത്രസ്യാസ്യാദപാവൃതാത് ।
സ്വാന്യങ്ഗാന്യഭിസംക്ഷിപ്യ നിഷ്ക്രാന്തോ ബലസൂദനഃ ।
തതഃ പ്രഭൃതി ലോകേഷു ജൃമ്ഭികാ പ്രാണിസംശ്രിതാ ॥ ൪൮ ॥

Cover of edition (2018)

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

7248pages

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Preview of verse 5.9.48 in Telugu sript:
విజృమ్భమాణస్య తతో వృత్రస్యాస్యాదపావృతాత్ ।
స్వాన్యఙ్గాన్యభిసంక్షిప్య నిష్క్రాన్తో బలసూదనః ।
తతః ప్రభృతి లోకేషు జృమ్భికా ప్రాణిసంశ్రితా ॥ ౪౮ ॥

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