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 5.25.15

प्राणानादौ याच्यमानः कुतोऽन्यदेतद्विद्वन्साधनार्थं ब्रवीमि ।
एतद्राज्ञो भीष्मपुरोगमस्य मतं यद्वः शान्तिरिहोत्तमा स्यात् ॥ १५ ॥

prāṇānādau yācyamānaḥ kuto'nyadetadvidvansādhanārthaṃ bravīmi |
etadrājño bhīṣmapurogamasya mataṃ yadvaḥ śāntirihottamā syāt || 15 ||

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

...who are the counsellors now of the covetous Duryodhana. They are Dussasana, and Sakuni the son of Suvala, and Karna the Suta’s son! O son of Gavalgana, look at this folly of his! So I...

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

Prana, Adau, Ada, Adi, Yacyamana, Kutah, Kuta, Ani, Anya, Etad, Vidvan, Vidvas, Sadhana, Artha, Rajan, Bhishma, Purogama, Mata, Yadu, Shanti, Iha, Uttama, Syat, Sya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 5.25.15). 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: “prāṇānādau yācyamānaḥ kuto'nyadetadvidvansādhanārthaṃ bravīmi
  • prāṇān -
  • prāṇa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ādau -
  • ādau (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    āda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ādi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ādi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • yācyamānaḥ -
  • yāc -> yācyamāna (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √yāc class 1 verb]
  • kuto' -
  • kutaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kutaḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kuta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • anya -
  • ani (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    anī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    anya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    an -> anya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √an]
  • ad -
  • ad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    ad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • etad -
  • etad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    etad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    etad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vidvan -
  • vidvan (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    vidvan (noun, neuter)
    [vocative single]
    vidvas (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    vid -> vidvas (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √vid class 2 verb]
  • sādhanā -
  • sādhana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sādhana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sādhanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • artham -
  • artha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    artha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • bravīmi -
  • brū (verb class 2)
    [present active first single]
  • Line 2: “etadrājño bhīṣmapurogamasya mataṃ yadvaḥ śāntirihottamā syāt
  • etad -
  • etad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    etad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    etad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • rājño* -
  • rājan (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • bhīṣma -
  • bhīṣma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhīṣma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • purogamasya -
  • purogama (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    purogama (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • matam -
  • mata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    mata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    matā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    man -> mata (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √man class 4 verb], [accusative single from √man class 8 verb]
    man -> mata (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √man class 4 verb], [accusative single from √man class 4 verb], [nominative single from √man class 8 verb], [accusative single from √man class 8 verb]
  • yadva -
  • yadu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    yadvan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • aḥ -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • śāntir -
  • śānti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    śānti (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • iho -
  • iha (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • uttamā -
  • uttamā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • syāt -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 5.25.15

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 5.25.15 in Kannada sript:
ಪ್ರಾಣಾನಾದೌ ಯಾಚ್ಯಮಾನಃ ಕುತೋಽನ್ಯದೇತದ್ವಿದ್ವನ್ಸಾಧನಾರ್ಥಂ ಬ್ರವೀಮಿ ।
ಏತದ್ರಾಜ್ಞೋ ಭೀಷ್ಮಪುರೋಗಮಸ್ಯ ಮತಂ ಯದ್ವಃ ಶಾನ್ತಿರಿಹೋತ್ತಮಾ ಸ್ಯಾತ್ ॥ ೧೫ ॥

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 5.25.15 in Bengali sript:
প্রাণানাদৌ যাচ্যমানঃ কুতোঽন্যদেতদ্বিদ্বন্সাধনার্থং ব্রবীমি ।
এতদ্রাজ্ঞো ভীষ্মপুরোগমস্য মতং যদ্বঃ শান্তিরিহোত্তমা স্যাত্ ॥ ১৫ ॥

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 5.25.15 in Gujarati sript:
પ્રાણાનાદૌ યાચ્યમાનઃ કુતોઽન્યદેતદ્વિદ્વન્સાધનાર્થં બ્રવીમિ ।
એતદ્રાજ્ઞો ભીષ્મપુરોગમસ્ય મતં યદ્વઃ શાન્તિરિહોત્તમા સ્યાત્ ॥ ૧૫ ॥

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 5.25.15 in Malayalam sript:
പ്രാണാനാദൌ യാച്യമാനഃ കുതോഽന്യദേതദ്വിദ്വന്സാധനാര്ഥം ബ്രവീമി ।
ഏതദ്രാജ്ഞോ ഭീഷ്മപുരോഗമസ്യ മതം യദ്വഃ ശാന്തിരിഹോത്തമാ സ്യാത് ॥ ൧൫ ॥

Cover of edition (2018)

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

7248pages

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Preview of verse 5.25.15 in Telugu sript:
ప్రాణానాదౌ యాచ్యమానః కుతోఽన్యదేతద్విద్వన్సాధనార్థం బ్రవీమి ।
ఏతద్రాజ్ఞో భీష్మపురోగమస్య మతం యద్వః శాన్తిరిహోత్తమా స్యాత్ ॥ ౧౫ ॥

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