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 5.131.6

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यावज्जीवं निराशोऽसि कल्याणाय धुरं वह ।
मात्मानमवमन्यस्व मैनमल्पेन बीभरः ।
मनः कृत्वा सुकल्याणं मा भैस्त्वं प्रतिसंस्तभ ॥ ६ ॥

yāvajjīvaṃ nirāśo'si kalyāṇāya dhuraṃ vaha |
mātmānamavamanyasva mainamalpena bībharaḥ |
manaḥ kṛtvā sukalyāṇaṃ mā bhaistvaṃ pratisaṃstabha || 6 ||

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

...arms issued Sankarshana and Dhananjaya. And Arjuna stood on his right, bow in hand, and Rama stood on his left, armed with the plough. And behind him stood Bhima, and Yudhishthira, and...
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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 (5.131.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vajji, Nirasha, Asi, Kalyana, Dhur, Dhura, Vaha, Mana, Avamanya, Sva, Svan, Maina, Alpena, Alpa, Manas, Kritva, Kritvan, Sukalya, Mas, Bha, Tva, Yushmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 5.131.6). 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: “yāvajjīvaṃ nirāśo'si kalyāṇāya dhuraṃ vaha ”
yā -
yā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
vajjī -
vajji (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

vajji (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
vam -
va (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

va (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

vā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

ve (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
nirāśo' -
nirāśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
asi -
asi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

asi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

asī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[present active second single]
kalyāṇāya -
kalyāṇa (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

kalyāṇa (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
dhuram -
dhura (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dhura (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

dhurā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

dhur (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
vaha -
vaha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vaha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vah (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
Line 2: “mātmānamavamanyasva mainamalpena bībharaḥ ”
māt -
ma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
mānam -
māna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

māna (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

√man -> māna (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √man class 4 verb], [accusative single from √man class 8 verb]

√man -> māna (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]
avamanya -
avamanya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
sva -
sva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

svan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

svan (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

sva (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
mainam -
maina (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

maina (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
alpena -
alpena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

alpa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

alpa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
bībha -
√bībh (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
raḥ -
ra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 3: “manaḥ kṛtvā sukalyāṇaṃ mā bhaistvaṃ pratisaṃstabha ”
manaḥ -
manas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

mana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kṛtvā -
kṛtvā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

kṛtvan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sukalyā -
sukalya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sukalya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sukalyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
āṇam -
√aṇ (verb class 1)

[imperfect active first single]
mā* -
ma (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

mā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

mās (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhais -
bha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

bha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
tvam -
tva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

tva (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
pratisaṃ -
pratisam (Preverb)

[Preverb]
sta -
√as (verb class 2)

[imperative active second plural]
bha -
bha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 5.131.6

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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The Mahabharata in Kannada (Set of 32 Volumes)
by Bharatha Darshana Bangalore (2003)

ಶ್ರೇಮಹಭಾರತ [ಮಹಾಭಾರತ]; 13907 pages;

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Preview of verse 5.131.6 in Kannada sript:
ಯಾವಜ್ಜೀವಂ ನಿರಾಶೋಽಸಿ ಕಲ್ಯಾಣಾಯ ಧುರಂ ವಹ ।
ಮಾತ್ಮಾನಮವಮನ್ಯಸ್ವ ಮೈನಮಲ್ಪೇನ ಬೀಭರಃ ।
ಮನಃ ಕೃತ್ವಾ ಸುಕಲ್ಯಾಣಂ ಮಾ ಭೈಸ್ತ್ವಂ ಪ್ರತಿಸಂಸ್ತಭ ॥ ೬ ॥

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 5.131.6 in Bengali sript:
যাবজ্জীবং নিরাশোঽসি কল্যাণায ধুরং বহ ।
মাত্মানমবমন্যস্ব মৈনমল্পেন বীভরঃ ।
মনঃ কৃত্বা সুকল্যাণং মা ভৈস্ত্বং প্রতিসংস্তভ ॥ ৬ ॥

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 5.131.6 in Gujarati sript:
યાવજ્જીવં નિરાશોઽસિ કલ્યાણાય ધુરં વહ ।
માત્માનમવમન્યસ્વ મૈનમલ્પેન બીભરઃ ।
મનઃ કૃત્વા સુકલ્યાણં મા ભૈસ્ત્વં પ્રતિસંસ્તભ ॥ ૬ ॥

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

1681 pages; [Publisher: Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur]

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Preview of verse 5.131.6 in Malayalam sript:
യാവജ്ജീവം നിരാശോഽസി കല്യാണായ ധുരം വഹ ।
മാത്മാനമവമന്യസ്വ മൈനമല്പേന ബീഭരഃ ।
മനഃ കൃത്വാ സുകല്യാണം മാ ഭൈസ്ത്വം പ്രതിസംസ്തഭ ॥ ൬ ॥

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

7248pages

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Preview of verse 5.131.6 in Telugu sript:
యావజ్జీవం నిరాశోఽసి కల్యాణాయ ధురం వహ ।
మాత్మానమవమన్యస్వ మైనమల్పేన బీభరః ।
మనః కృత్వా సుకల్యాణం మా భైస్త్వం ప్రతిసంస్తభ ॥ ౬ ॥

Last Updated: 17 September, 2021