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).

vāsudeva uvāca |
avināśaṃ saṃjaya pāṇḍavānāmicchāmyahaṃ bhūtimeṣāṃ priyaṃ ca |
tathā rājño dhṛtarāṣṭrasya sūta sadāśaṃse bahuputrasya vṛddhim || 1 ||
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kāmo hi me saṃjaya nityameva nānyadbrūyāṃ tānprati śāmyateti |
rājñaśca hi priyametacchṛṇomi manye caitatpāṇḍavānāṃ samartham || 2 ||
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suduṣkaraścātra śamo hi nūnaṃ pradarśitaḥ saṃjaya pāṇḍavena |
yasmingṛddho dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ saputraḥ kasmādeṣāṃ kalaho nātra mūrcchet || 3 ||
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tattvaṃ dharmaṃ vicaransaṃjayeha mattaśca jānāsi yudhiṣṭhirācca |
atho kasmātsaṃjaya pāṇḍavasya utsāhinaḥ pūrayataḥ svakarma |
yathākhyātamāvasataḥ kuṭumbaṃ purākalpātsādhu vilopamāttha || 4 ||
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asminvidhau vartamāne yathāvaduccāvacā matayo brāhmaṇānām |
karmaṇāhuḥ siddhimeke paratra hitvā karma vidyayā siddhimeke |
nābhuñjāno bhakṣyabhojyasya tṛpyedvidvānapīha viditaṃ brāhmaṇānām || 5 ||
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yā vai vidyāḥ sādhayantīha karma tāsāṃ phalaṃ vidyate netarāsām |
tatreha vai dṛṣṭaphalaṃ tu karma pītvodakaṃ śāmyati tṛṣṇayārtaḥ || 6 ||
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so'yaṃ vidhirvihitaḥ karmaṇaiva tadvartate saṃjaya tatra karma |
tatra yo'nyatkarmaṇaḥ sādhu manyenmoghaṃ tasya lapitaṃ durbalasya || 7 ||
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karmaṇāmī bhānti devāḥ paratra karmaṇaiveha plavate mātariśvā |
ahorātre vidadhatkarmaṇaiva atandrito nityamudeti sūryaḥ || 8 ||
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māsārdhamāsānatha nakṣatrayogānatandritaścandramā abhyupaiti |
atandrito dahate jātavedāḥ samidhyamānaḥ karma kurvanprajābhyaḥ || 9 ||
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atandritā bhāramimaṃ mahāntaṃ bibharti devī pṛthivī balena |
atandritāḥ śīghramapo vahanti saṃtarpayantyaḥ sarvabhūtāni nadyaḥ || 10 ||
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atandrito varṣati bhūritejāḥ saṃnādayannantarikṣaṃ divaṃ ca |
atandrito brahmacaryaṃ cacāra śreṣṭhatvamicchanbalabhiddevatānām || 11 ||
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hitvā sukhaṃ manasaśca priyāṇi tena śakraḥ karmaṇā śraiṣṭhyamāpa |
satyaṃ dharmaṃ pālayannapramatto damaṃ titikṣāṃ samatāṃ priyaṃ ca |
etāni sarvāṇyupasevamāno devarājyaṃ maghavānprāpa mukhyam || 12 ||
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bṛhaspatirbrahmacaryaṃ cacāra samāhitaḥ saṃśitātmā yathāvat |
hitvā sukhaṃ pratirudhyendriyāṇi tena devānāmagamadgauravaṃ saḥ || 13 ||
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nakṣatrāṇi karmaṇāmutra bhānti rudrādityā vasavo'thāpi viśve |
yamo rājā vaiśravaṇaḥ kubero gandharvayakṣāpsarasaśca śubhrāḥ |
brahmacaryaṃ vedavidyāḥ kriyāśca niṣevamāṇā munayo'mutra bhānti || 14 ||
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jānannimaṃ sarvalokasya dharmaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ viśāṃ ca |
sa kasmāttvaṃ jānatāṃ jñānavānsanvyāyacchase saṃjaya kauravārthe || 15 ||
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āmnāyeṣu nityasaṃyogamasya tathāśvamedhe rājasūye ca viddhi |
saṃyujyate dhanuṣā varmaṇā ca hastatrāṇai rathaśastraiśca bhūyaḥ || 16 ||
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te cedime kauravāṇāmupāyamadhigaccheyuravadhenaiva pārthāḥ |
dharmatrāṇaṃ puṇyameṣāṃ kṛtaṃ syādārye vṛtte bhīmasenaṃ nigṛhya || 17 ||
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te cetpitrye karmaṇi vartamānā āpadyerandiṣṭavaśena mṛtyum |
yathāśaktyā pūrayantaḥ svakarma tadapyeṣāṃ nidhanaṃ syātpraśastam || 18 ||
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utāho tvaṃ manyase sarvameva rājñāṃ yuddhe vartate dharmatantram |
ayuddhe vā vartate dharmatantraṃ tathaiva te vācamimāṃ śṛṇomi || 19 ||
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cāturvarṇyasya prathamaṃ vibhāgamavekṣya tvaṃ saṃjaya svaṃ ca karma |
niśamyātho pāṇḍavānāṃ svakarma praśaṃsa vā ninda vā yā matiste || 20 ||
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adhīyīta brāhmaṇo'tho yajeta dadyādiyāttīrthamukhyāni caiva |
adhyāpayedyājayeccāpi yājyānpratigrahānvā viditānpratīcchet || 21 ||
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tathā rājanyo rakṣaṇaṃ vai prajānāṃ kṛtvā dharmeṇāpramatto'tha dattvā |
yajñairiṣṭvā sarvavedānadhītya dārānkṛtvā puṇyakṛdāvasedgṛhān || 22 ||
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vaiśyo'dhītya kṛṣigorakṣapaṇyairvittaṃ cinvanpālayannapramattaḥ |
priyaṃ kurvanbrāhmaṇakṣatriyāṇāṃ dharmaśīlaḥ puṇyakṛdāvasedgṛhān || 23 ||
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paricaryā vandanaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ nādhīyīta pratiṣiddho'sya yajñaḥ |
nityotthito bhūtaye'tandritaḥ syādeṣa smṛtaḥ śūdradharmaḥ purāṇaḥ || 24 ||
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etānrājā pālayannapramatto niyojayansarvavarṇānsvadharme |
akāmātmā samavṛttiḥ prajāsu nādhārmikānanurudhyeta kāmān || 25 ||
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śreyāṃstasmādyadi vidyeta kaścidabhijñātaḥ sarvadharmopapannaḥ |
sa taṃ duṣṭamanuśiṣyātprajānanna cedgṛdhyediti tasminna sādhu || 26 ||
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yadā gṛdhyetparabhūmiṃ nṛśaṃso vidhiprakopādbalamādadānaḥ |
tato rājñāṃ bhavitā yuddhametattatra jātaṃ varma śastraṃ dhanuśca |
indreṇedaṃ dasyuvadhāya karma utpāditaṃ varma śastraṃ dhanuśca || 27 ||
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steno haredyatra dhanaṃ hyadṛṣṭaḥ prasahya vā yatra hareta dṛṣṭaḥ |
ubhau garhyau bhavataḥ saṃjayaitau kiṃ vai pṛthaktvaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putre |
yo'yaṃ lobhānmanyate dharmametaṃ yamicchate manyuvaśānugāmī || 28 ||
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bhāgaḥ punaḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ niviṣṭastaṃ no'kasmādādadīranpare vai |
asminpade yudhyatāṃ no vadho'pi ślāghyaḥ pitryaḥ pararājyādviśiṣṭaḥ |
etāndharmānkauravāṇāṃ purāṇānācakṣīthāḥ saṃjaya rājyamadhye || 29 ||
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ye te mandā mṛtyuvaśābhipannāḥ samānītā dhārtarāṣṭreṇa mūḍhāḥ |
idaṃ punaḥ karma pāpīya eva sabhāmadhye paśya vṛttaṃ kurūṇām || 30 ||
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priyāṃ bhāryāṃ draupadīṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ yaśasvinīṃ śīlavṛttopapannām |
yadupekṣanta kuravo bhīṣmamukhyāḥ kāmānugenoparuddhāṃ rudantīm || 31 ||
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taṃ cettadā te sakumāravṛddhā avārayiṣyankuravaḥ sametāḥ |
mama priyaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭro'kariṣyatputrāṇāṃ ca kṛtamasyābhaviṣyat || 32 ||
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duḥśāsanaḥ prātilomyānnināya sabhāmadhye śvaśurāṇāṃ ca kṛṣṇām |
sā tatra nītā karuṇānyavocannānyaṃ kṣatturnāthamadṛṣṭa kaṃcit || 33 ||
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kārpaṇyādeva sahitāstatra rājño nāśaknuvanprativaktuṃ sabhāyām |
ekaḥ kṣattā dharmyamarthaṃ bruvāṇo dharmaṃ buddhvā pratyuvācālpabuddhim || 34 ||
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anuktvā tvaṃ dharmamevaṃ sabhāyāmathecchase pāṇḍavasyopadeṣṭum |
kṛṣṇā tvetatkarma cakāra śuddhaṃ suduṣkaraṃ taddhi sabhāṃ sametya |
yena kṛcchrātpāṇḍavānujjahāra tathātmānaṃ nauriva sāgaraughāt || 35 ||
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yatrābravītsūtaputraḥ sabhāyāṃ kṛṣṇāṃ sthitāṃ śvaśurāṇāṃ samīpe |
na te gatirvidyate yājñaseni prapadyedānīṃ dhārtarāṣṭrasya veśma |
parājitāste patayo na santi patiṃ cānyaṃ bhāmini tvaṃ vṛṇīṣva || 36 ||
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yo bībhatsorhṛdaye prauḍha āsīdasthipracchinmarmaghātī sughoraḥ |
karṇāccharo vāṅmayastigmatejāḥ pratiṣṭhito hṛdaye phalgunasya || 37 ||
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kṛṣṇājināni paridhitsamānānduḥśāsanaḥ kaṭukānyabhyabhāṣat |
ete sarve ṣaṇḍhatilā vinaṣṭāḥ kṣayaṃ gatā narakaṃ dīrghakālam || 38 ||
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gāndhārarājaḥ śakunirnikṛtyā yadabravīddyūtakāle sa pārthān |
parājito nakulaḥ kiṃ tavāsti kṛṣṇayā tvaṃ dīvya vai yājñasenyā || 39 ||
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jānāsi tvaṃ saṃjaya sarvametaddyūte'vācyaṃ vākyamevaṃ yathoktam |
svayaṃ tvahaṃ prārthaye tatra gantuṃ samādhātuṃ kāryametadvipannam || 40 ||
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ahāpayitvā yadi pāṇḍavārthaṃ śamaṃ kurūṇāmatha ceccareyam |
puṇyaṃ ca me syāccaritaṃ mahodayaṃ mucyeraṃśca kuravo mṛtyupāśāt || 41 ||
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api vācaṃ bhāṣamāṇasya kāvyāṃ dharmārāmāmarthavatīmahiṃsrām |
avekṣerandhārtarāṣṭrāḥ samakṣaṃ māṃ ca prāptaṃ kuravaḥ pūjayeyuḥ || 42 ||
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ato'nyathā rathinā phalgunena bhīmena caivāhavadaṃśitena |
parāsiktāndhārtarāṣṭrāṃstu viddhi pradahyamānānkarmaṇā svena mandān || 43 ||
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parājitānpāṇḍaveyāṃstu vāco raudrarūpā bhāṣate dhārtarāṣṭraḥ |
gadāhasto bhīmaseno'pramatto duryodhanaṃ smārayitvā hi kāle || 44 ||
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suyodhano manyumayo mahādrumaḥ skandhaḥ karṇaḥ śakunistasya śākhāḥ |
duḥśāsanaḥ puṣpaphale samṛddhe mūlaṃ rājā dhṛtarāṣṭro'manīṣī || 45 ||
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yudhiṣṭhiro dharmamayo mahādrumaḥ skandho'rjuno bhīmaseno'sya śākhāḥ |
mādrīputrau puṣpaphale samṛddhe mūlaṃ tvahaṃ brahma ca brāhmaṇāśca || 46 ||
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vanaṃ rājā dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ saputro vyāghrā vane saṃjaya pāṇḍaveyāḥ |
mā vanaṃ chindhi savyāghraṃ mā vyāghrānnīnaśo vanāt || 47 ||
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nirvano vadhyate vyāghro nirvyāghraṃ chidyate vanam |
tasmādvyāghro vanaṃ rakṣedvanaṃ vyāghraṃ ca pālayet || 48 ||
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latādharmā dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ śālāḥ saṃjaya pāṇḍavāḥ |
na latā vardhate jātu anāśritya mahādrumam || 49 ||
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sthitāḥ śuśrūṣituṃ pārthāḥ sthitā yoddhumariṃdamāḥ |
yatkṛtyaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya tatkarotu narādhipaḥ || 50 ||
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sthitāḥ śame mahātmānaḥ pāṇḍavā dharmacāriṇaḥ |
yodhāḥ samṛddhāstadvidvannācakṣīthā yathātatham || 51 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Chapter 29

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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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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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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Cover of edition (2018)

Shri Mahabharatam in Malayalam (2 volumes)
by Swami Mridananda (2018)

1681 pages; [Publisher: Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur]

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Cover of edition (2018)

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

7248pages

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