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 5.90.21

मध्ये तिष्ठन्हस्त्यनीकस्य मन्दो रथाश्वयुक्तस्य बलस्य मूढः ।
दुर्योधनो मन्यते वीतमन्युः कृत्स्ना मयेयं पृथिवी जितेति ॥ २१ ॥

madhye tiṣṭhanhastyanīkasya mando rathāśvayuktasya balasya mūḍhaḥ |
duryodhano manyate vītamanyuḥ kṛtsnā mayeyaṃ pṛthivī jiteti || 21 ||

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

...seat of beautiful workmanship, made of gold and set with jewels. And at Dhritarashtra’s request, Achyuta took that seat; and the priests of Dhritarashtra duly offered Janardana a cow...

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

Madhye, Madhya, Tishthat, Hastin, Hastya, Hasti, Anika, Manda, Rathashva, Yukta, Bala, Mudha, Duryodhana, Vitamanyu, Kritsna, Prithivi, Jit, Jita, Jiti, Iti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 5.90.21). 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: “madhye tiṣṭhanhastyanīkasya mando rathāśvayuktasya balasya mūḍhaḥ
  • madhye -
  • madhye (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    madhya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    madhya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    madhyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • tiṣṭhan -
  • sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb], [vocative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
  • hastya -
  • hastin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    hastin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    hastya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    hastya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    hastī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    hastī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    hastī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • anīkasya -
  • anīka (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    anīka (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • mando* -
  • manda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • rathāśva -
  • rathāśva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    rathāśva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yuktasya -
  • yukta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    yukta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    yuj -> yukta (participle, masculine)
    [genitive single from √yuj class 7 verb]
    yuj -> yukta (participle, neuter)
    [genitive single from √yuj class 7 verb]
  • balasya -
  • bala (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    bala (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • mūḍhaḥ -
  • mūḍha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    muh -> mūḍha (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √muh class 4 verb]
  • Line 2: “duryodhano manyate vītamanyuḥ kṛtsnā mayeyaṃ pṛthivī jiteti
  • duryodhano* -
  • duryodhana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • manyate -
  • man (verb class 4)
    [present middle third single], [present passive third single]
    man (verb class 8)
    [present passive third single]
  • vītamanyuḥ -
  • vītamanyu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    vītamanyu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • kṛtsnā* -
  • kṛtsna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kṛtsnā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • mayeyam -
  • (verb class 1)
    [optative active first single]
    may (verb class 1)
    [optative active first single]
    (verb class 1)
    [optative active first single]
  • pṛthivī -
  • pṛthivī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    pṛthivi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • jite -
  • jita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    jita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    jit (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single], [dative single]
    jit (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single], [dative single]
    jitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    jiti (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    ji -> jita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ji class 1 verb], [locative single from √ji class 1 verb], [vocative single from √ji class 9 verb], [locative single from √ji class 9 verb]
    ji -> jita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √ji class 1 verb], [vocative single from √ji class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √ji class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √ji class 1 verb], [locative single from √ji class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √ji class 9 verb], [vocative single from √ji class 9 verb], [vocative dual from √ji class 9 verb], [accusative dual from √ji class 9 verb], [locative single from √ji class 9 verb]
    ji -> jitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √ji class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √ji class 1 verb], [vocative single from √ji class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √ji class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √ji class 1 verb], [nominative single from √ji class 9 verb], [nominative dual from √ji class 9 verb], [vocative single from √ji class 9 verb], [vocative dual from √ji class 9 verb], [accusative dual from √ji class 9 verb]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 5.90.21

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 5.90.21 in Kannada sript:
ಮಧ್ಯೇ ತಿಷ್ಠನ್ಹಸ್ತ್ಯನೀಕಸ್ಯ ಮನ್ದೋ ರಥಾಶ್ವಯುಕ್ತಸ್ಯ ಬಲಸ್ಯ ಮೂಢಃ ।
ದುರ್ಯೋಧನೋ ಮನ್ಯತೇ ವೀತಮನ್ಯುಃ ಕೃತ್ಸ್ನಾ ಮಯೇಯಂ ಪೃಥಿವೀ ಜಿತೇತಿ ॥ ೨೧ ॥

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 5.90.21 in Bengali sript:
মধ্যে তিষ্ঠন্হস্ত্যনীকস্য মন্দো রথাশ্বযুক্তস্য বলস্য মূঢঃ ।
দুর্যোধনো মন্যতে বীতমন্যুঃ কৃত্স্না মযেযং পৃথিবী জিতেতি ॥ ২১ ॥

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 5.90.21 in Gujarati sript:
મધ્યે તિષ્ઠન્હસ્ત્યનીકસ્ય મન્દો રથાશ્વયુક્તસ્ય બલસ્ય મૂઢઃ ।
દુર્યોધનો મન્યતે વીતમન્યુઃ કૃત્સ્ના મયેયં પૃથિવી જિતેતિ ॥ ૨૧ ॥

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 5.90.21 in Malayalam sript:
മധ്യേ തിഷ്ഠന്ഹസ്ത്യനീകസ്യ മന്ദോ രഥാശ്വയുക്തസ്യ ബലസ്യ മൂഢഃ ।
ദുര്യോധനോ മന്യതേ വീതമന്യുഃ കൃത്സ്നാ മയേയം പൃഥിവീ ജിതേതി ॥ ൨൧ ॥

Cover of edition (2018)

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

7248pages

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Preview of verse 5.90.21 in Telugu sript:
మధ్యే తిష్ఠన్హస్త్యనీకస్య మన్దో రథాశ్వయుక్తస్య బలస్య మూఢః ।
దుర్యోధనో మన్యతే వీతమన్యుః కృత్స్నా మయేయం పృథివీ జితేతి ॥ ౨౧ ॥

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