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 6.20.10

तस्य सैन्यं धार्तराष्ट्राश्च सर्वे बाह्लीकानामेकदेशः शलश्च ।
ये चाम्बष्ठाः क्षत्रिया ये च सिन्धौ तथा सौवीराः पञ्चनदाश्च शूराः ॥ १० ॥

tasya sainyaṃ dhārtarāṣṭrāśca sarve bāhlīkānāmekadeśaḥ śalaśca |
ye cāmbaṣṭhāḥ kṣatriyā ye ca sindhau tathā sauvīrāḥ pañcanadāśca śūrāḥ || 10 ||

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

...by mighty car-warriors of the Vrishni and the Bhoja races, as also by the warriors of Surashtra well-armed and well-acquainted with the uses of weapons, and which was...

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

Tad, Sainya, Dhartarashtra, Sarva, Bahlika, Ekadesha, Shala, Yah, Yat, Tha, Kshatriya, Sindhu, Tatha, Sauvira, Pancanada, Shura,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 6.20.10). 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: “tasya sainyaṃ dhārtarāṣṭrāśca sarve bāhlīkānāmekadeśaḥ śalaśca
  • tasya -
  • tas -> tasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √tas]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    tas (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • sainyam -
  • sainya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sainya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sainyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • dhārtarāṣṭrāś -
  • dhārtarāṣṭra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sarve -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • bāhlīkānām -
  • bāhlīka (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    bāhlīka (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    bāhlīkā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • ekadeśaḥ -
  • ekadeśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śalaś -
  • śala (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “ye cāmbaṣṭhāḥ kṣatriyā ye ca sindhau tathā sauvīrāḥ pañcanadāśca śūrāḥ
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • cām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • baṣ -
  • ba (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ṭhāḥ -
  • ṭha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • kṣatriyā* -
  • kṣatriya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kṣatriyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sindhau -
  • sindhu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sauvīrāḥ -
  • sauvīra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sauvīrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • pañcanadāś -
  • pañcanada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śūrāḥ -
  • śūra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    śūrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 6.20.10

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 6.20.10 in Kannada sript:
ತಸ್ಯ ಸೈನ್ಯಂ ಧಾರ್ತರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಾಶ್ಚ ಸರ್ವೇ ಬಾಹ್ಲೀಕಾನಾಮೇಕದೇಶಃ ಶಲಶ್ಚ ।
ಯೇ ಚಾಮ್ಬಷ್ಠಾಃ ಕ್ಷತ್ರಿಯಾ ಯೇ ಚ ಸಿನ್ಧೌ ತಥಾ ಸೌವೀರಾಃ ಪಞ್ಚನದಾಶ್ಚ ಶೂರಾಃ ॥ ೧೦ ॥

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 6.20.10 in Bengali sript:
তস্য সৈন্যং ধার্তরাষ্ট্রাশ্চ সর্বে বাহ্লীকানামেকদেশঃ শলশ্চ ।
যে চাম্বষ্ঠাঃ ক্ষত্রিযা যে চ সিন্ধৌ তথা সৌবীরাঃ পঞ্চনদাশ্চ শূরাঃ ॥ ১০ ॥

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 6.20.10 in Gujarati sript:
તસ્ય સૈન્યં ધાર્તરાષ્ટ્રાશ્ચ સર્વે બાહ્લીકાનામેકદેશઃ શલશ્ચ ।
યે ચામ્બષ્ઠાઃ ક્ષત્રિયા યે ચ સિન્ધૌ તથા સૌવીરાઃ પઞ્ચનદાશ્ચ શૂરાઃ ॥ ૧૦ ॥

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 6.20.10 in Malayalam sript:
തസ്യ സൈന്യം ധാര്തരാഷ്ട്രാശ്ച സര്വേ ബാഹ്ലീകാനാമേകദേശഃ ശലശ്ച ।
യേ ചാമ്ബഷ്ഠാഃ ക്ഷത്രിയാ യേ ച സിന്ധൌ തഥാ സൌവീരാഃ പഞ്ചനദാശ്ച ശൂരാഃ ॥ ൧൦ ॥

Cover of edition (2018)

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

7248pages

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Preview of verse 6.20.10 in Telugu sript:
తస్య సైన్యం ధార్తరాష్ట్రాశ్చ సర్వే బాహ్లీకానామేకదేశః శలశ్చ ।
యే చామ్బష్ఠాః క్షత్రియా యే చ సిన్ధౌ తథా సౌవీరాః పఞ్చనదాశ్చ శూరాః ॥ ౧౦ ॥

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