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 6.81.27

तस्थौ च तत्रैव महाधनुष्माञ्शरैस्तदस्त्रं प्रतिबाधमानः ।
अथाददे वारुणमन्यदस्त्रं शिखण्ड्यथोग्रं प्रतिघाताय तस्य ।
तदस्त्रमस्त्रेण विदार्यमाणं खस्थाः सुरा ददृशुः पार्थिवाश्च ॥ २७ ॥

tasthau ca tatraiva mahādhanuṣmāñśaraistadastraṃ pratibādhamānaḥ |
athādade vāruṇamanyadastraṃ śikhaṇḍyathograṃ pratighātāya tasya |
tadastramastreṇa vidāryamāṇaṃ khasthāḥ surā dadṛśuḥ pārthivāśca || 27 ||

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

...Satyaki in battle. Then the grandson of Sini, having vanquished that prince of Rakshasas who was incapable of being vanquished by Maghavat himself, uttered a loud roar...

English translation by Kisari Mohan Ganguly (2013) Read online Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (6.81.27). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tastha, Tatraiva, Mahadhanushmat, Shara, Tada, Tra, Prati, Badha, Ana, Atha, Varuna, Ani, Anya, Ada, Adah, Shikhandi, Shikhandin, Atho, Ugra, Pratighata, Tad, Astra, Vidari, Vidarin, Ama, Khastha, Sura, Parthiva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 6.81.27). 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: “tasthau ca tatraiva mahādhanuṣmāñśaraistadastraṃ pratibādhamānaḥ
  • tasthau -
  • tastha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sthā (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tatraiva -
  • tatraiva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
  • mahādhanuṣmāñś -
  • mahādhanuṣmat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śarais -
  • śara (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    śara (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • tadas -
  • tada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tram -
  • tra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    tra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    trā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • prati -
  • prati (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    prati (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    pratī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    pratī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    pratī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • bādham -
  • bādha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bādhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ānaḥ -
  • āna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    an (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • Line 2: “athādade vāruṇamanyadastraṃ śikhaṇḍyathograṃ pratighātāya tasya
  • athā -
  • athā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • adade -
  • (verb class 1)
    [imperfect middle first single]
    dad (verb class 1)
    [imperfect middle first single]
  • vāruṇam -
  • vāruṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vāruṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vāruṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • 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]
  • adas -
  • ada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ad (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    ad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    adaḥ (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dṝ (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active second single], [imperfect active third single]
  • tram -
  • tra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    tra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    trā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • śikhaṇḍya -
  • śikhaṇḍī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    śikhaṇḍin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    śikhaṇḍin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • atho -
  • athā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    atho (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • ugram -
  • ugra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ugra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ugrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • pratighātāya -
  • pratighāta (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • 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]
  • Line 3: “tadastramastreṇa vidāryamāṇaṃ khasthāḥ surā dadṛśuḥ pārthivāśca
  • tadas -
  • tada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tram -
  • tra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    tra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    trā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • astreṇa -
  • astra (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • vidārya -
  • vidāri (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vidārī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vidārin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    vidārin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • amā -
  • ama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    amā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • āṇam -
  • aṇ (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active first single]
  • khasthāḥ -
  • khastha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    khasthā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • surā* -
  • sura (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    surā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • dadṛśuḥ -
  • dṛś (verb class 1)
    [perfect active third plural]
  • pārthivāś -
  • pārthiva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 6.81.27

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 6.81.27 in Kannada sript:
ತಸ್ಥೌ ಚ ತತ್ರೈವ ಮಹಾಧನುಷ್ಮಾಞ್ಶರೈಸ್ತದಸ್ತ್ರಂ ಪ್ರತಿಬಾಧಮಾನಃ ।
ಅಥಾದದೇ ವಾರುಣಮನ್ಯದಸ್ತ್ರಂ ಶಿಖಣ್ಡ್ಯಥೋಗ್ರಂ ಪ್ರತಿಘಾತಾಯ ತಸ್ಯ ।
ತದಸ್ತ್ರಮಸ್ತ್ರೇಣ ವಿದಾರ್ಯಮಾಣಂ ಖಸ್ಥಾಃ ಸುರಾ ದದೃಶುಃ ಪಾರ್ಥಿವಾಶ್ಚ ॥ ೨೭ ॥

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 6.81.27 in Bengali sript:
তস্থৌ চ তত্রৈব মহাধনুষ্মাঞ্শরৈস্তদস্ত্রং প্রতিবাধমানঃ ।
অথাদদে বারুণমন্যদস্ত্রং শিখণ্ড্যথোগ্রং প্রতিঘাতায তস্য ।
তদস্ত্রমস্ত্রেণ বিদার্যমাণং খস্থাঃ সুরা দদৃশুঃ পার্থিবাশ্চ ॥ ২৭ ॥

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 6.81.27 in Gujarati sript:
તસ્થૌ ચ તત્રૈવ મહાધનુષ્માઞ્શરૈસ્તદસ્ત્રં પ્રતિબાધમાનઃ ।
અથાદદે વારુણમન્યદસ્ત્રં શિખણ્ડ્યથોગ્રં પ્રતિઘાતાય તસ્ય ।
તદસ્ત્રમસ્ત્રેણ વિદાર્યમાણં ખસ્થાઃ સુરા દદૃશુઃ પાર્થિવાશ્ચ ॥ ૨૭ ॥

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 6.81.27 in Malayalam sript:
തസ്ഥൌ ച തത്രൈവ മഹാധനുഷ്മാഞ്ശരൈസ്തദസ്ത്രം പ്രതിബാധമാനഃ ।
അഥാദദേ വാരുണമന്യദസ്ത്രം ശിഖണ്ഡ്യഥോഗ്രം പ്രതിഘാതായ തസ്യ ।
തദസ്ത്രമസ്ത്രേണ വിദാര്യമാണം ഖസ്ഥാഃ സുരാ ദദൃശുഃ പാര്ഥിവാശ്ച ॥ ൨൭ ॥

Cover of edition (2018)

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

7248pages

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Preview of verse 6.81.27 in Telugu sript:
తస్థౌ చ తత్రైవ మహాధనుష్మాఞ్శరైస్తదస్త్రం ప్రతిబాధమానః ।
అథాదదే వారుణమన్యదస్త్రం శిఖణ్డ్యథోగ్రం ప్రతిఘాతాయ తస్య ।
తదస్త్రమస్త్రేణ విదార్యమాణం ఖస్థాః సురా దదృశుః పార్థివాశ్చ ॥ ౨౭ ॥

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