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 5.22.3

नाहं क्वचित्संजय पाण्डवानां मिथ्यावृत्तिं कांचन जात्वपश्यम् ।
सर्वां श्रियं ह्यात्मवीर्येण लब्ध्वा पर्याकार्षुः पाण्डवा मह्यमेव ॥ ३ ॥

nāhaṃ kvacitsaṃjaya pāṇḍavānāṃ mithyāvṛttiṃ kāṃcana jātvapaśyam |
sarvāṃ śriyaṃ hyātmavīryeṇa labdhvā paryākārṣuḥ pāṇḍavā mahyameva || 3 ||

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

...of his wrath, O Sanjaya, and consider how just it is, I am filled with alarm. Go you speedily on a car, despatched by me, where the troops of the king of the Pancalas are encamped...

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

Naha, Kva, Acit, Sanjaya, Pandava, Mithya, Avritti, Kancana, Jatu, Apashya, Saru, Sarva, Shri, Shriya, Virya, Pari, Mahya, Asmad, Eva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 5.22.3). 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: “nāhaṃ kvacitsaṃjaya pāṇḍavānāṃ mithyāvṛttiṃ kāṃcana jātvapaśyam
  • nāham -
  • nāha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • kva -
  • ku (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    kva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ku (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
  • acit -
  • acit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    acit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    acit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • sañjaya -
  • sañjaya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sañjaya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pāṇḍavānām -
  • pāṇḍava (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    pāṇḍava (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • mithyā -
  • mithyā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    mith -> mithya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √mith]
    mithya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mithya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • avṛttim -
  • avṛtti (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    avṛtti (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • kāñcana -
  • kāñcana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kāñcana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jātva -
  • jātu (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    jātu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    jātu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    jātu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    jātū (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    jātū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    jātū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • apaśyam -
  • apaśya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    apaśya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    apaśyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    apaśyan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    apaśyan (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “sarvāṃ śriyaṃ hyātmavīryeṇa labdhvā paryākārṣuḥ pāṇḍavā mahyameva
  • sarvām -
  • saru (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • śriyam -
  • śriyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    śriya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śriya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śrī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    śrī (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • hyā -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • ātma -
  • ātman (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • vīryeṇa -
  • vīrya (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    vīr -> vīrya (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental single from √vīr class 10 verb]
    vīr -> vīrya (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental single from √vīr class 10 verb]
  • labdhvā -
  • labh -> labdhvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √labh]
  • paryā -
  • pari (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    parī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    parī (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    paryā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • akārṣuḥ -
  • kṛ (verb class 1)
    [aorist active third plural]
    kṛ (verb class 2)
    [aorist active third plural]
    kṛ (verb class 5)
    [aorist active third plural]
    kṛ (verb class 8)
    [aorist active third plural]
  • pāṇḍavā* -
  • pāṇḍava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • mahyam -
  • mahya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    mahya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    mahyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    mah -> mahya (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √mah]
    mah -> mahya (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √mah]
    mah -> mahyā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √mah]
    mah -> mahya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √mah class 10 verb], [accusative single from √mah]
    mah -> mahya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √mah class 10 verb], [accusative single from √mah class 10 verb], [nominative single from √mah], [accusative single from √mah]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 5.22.3

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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)

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by Bharatha Darshana Bangalore (2003)

ಶ್ರೇಮಹಭಾರತ [ಮಹಾಭಾರತ]; 13907 pages;

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Preview of verse 5.22.3 in Kannada sript:
ನಾಹಂ ಕ್ವಚಿತ್ಸಂಜಯ ಪಾಣ್ಡವಾನಾಂ ಮಿಥ್ಯಾವೃತ್ತಿಂ ಕಾಂಚನ ಜಾತ್ವಪಶ್ಯಮ್ ।
ಸರ್ವಾಂ ಶ್ರಿಯಂ ಹ್ಯಾತ್ಮವೀರ್ಯೇಣ ಲಬ್ಧ್ವಾ ಪರ್ಯಾಕಾರ್ಷುಃ ಪಾಣ್ಡವಾ ಮಹ್ಯಮೇವ ॥ ೩ ॥

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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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)]

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Preview of verse 5.22.3 in Bengali sript:
নাহং ক্বচিত্সংজয পাণ্ডবানাং মিথ্যাবৃত্তিং কাংচন জাত্বপশ্যম্ ।
সর্বাং শ্রিযং হ্যাত্মবীর্যেণ লব্ধ্বা পর্যাকার্ষুঃ পাণ্ডবা মহ্যমেব ॥ ৩ ॥

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 5.22.3 in Gujarati sript:
નાહં ક્વચિત્સંજય પાણ્ડવાનાં મિથ્યાવૃત્તિં કાંચન જાત્વપશ્યમ્ ।
સર્વાં શ્રિયં હ્યાત્મવીર્યેણ લબ્ધ્વા પર્યાકાર્ષુઃ પાણ્ડવા મહ્યમેવ ॥ ૩ ॥

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 5.22.3 in Malayalam sript:
നാഹം ക്വചിത്സംജയ പാണ്ഡവാനാം മിഥ്യാവൃത്തിം കാംചന ജാത്വപശ്യമ് ।
സര്വാം ശ്രിയം ഹ്യാത്മവീര്യേണ ലബ്ധ്വാ പര്യാകാര്ഷുഃ പാണ്ഡവാ മഹ്യമേവ ॥ ൩ ॥

Cover of edition (2018)

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

7248pages

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Preview of verse 5.22.3 in Telugu sript:
నాహం క్వచిత్సంజయ పాణ్డవానాం మిథ్యావృత్తిం కాంచన జాత్వపశ్యమ్ ।
సర్వాం శ్రియం హ్యాత్మవీర్యేణ లబ్ధ్వా పర్యాకార్షుః పాణ్డవా మహ్యమేవ ॥ ౩ ॥

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