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 8.49.86

अक्षेषु दोषा बहवो विधर्माः श्रुतास्त्वया सहदेवोऽब्रवीद्यान् ।
तान्नैषि संतर्तुमसाधुजुष्टान्येन स्म सर्वे निरयं प्रपन्नाः ॥ ८६ ॥

akṣeṣu doṣā bahavo vidharmāḥ śrutāstvayā sahadevo'bravīdyān |
tānnaiṣi saṃtartumasādhujuṣṭānyena sma sarve nirayaṃ prapannāḥ || 86 ||

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

...scorch with his keen arrows the troops of your sons like the mid-day sun scorching everything in the summer season.'" "Sanjaya said, 'During the progress of the fierce engagement, Bhima, while fighting along,...

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

Aksha, Dosha, Bahu, Bahava, Vidharma, Shruta, Tva, Yushmad, Sahadeva, Yat, Yah, Eshin, Santa, Ritu, Asadhu, Jushta, Sma, Sarva, Niraya, Prapanna,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 8.49.86). 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: “akṣeṣu doṣā bahavo vidharmāḥ śrutāstvayā sahadevo'bravīdyān
  • akṣeṣu -
  • akṣa (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    akṣa (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • doṣā* -
  • doṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    doṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bahavo* -
  • bahu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    bahava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vidharmāḥ -
  • vidharma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vidharmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • śrutās -
  • śruta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    śrutā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    śru -> śruta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √śru class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √śru class 5 verb]
    śru -> śrutā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √śru class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √śru class 5 verb], [accusative plural from √śru class 5 verb]
  • tvayā -
  • tvā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [instrumental single]
  • sahadevo' -
  • sahadeva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • abravīd -
  • brū (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • yān -
  • yat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yāt (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “tānnaiṣi saṃtartumasādhujuṣṭānyena sma sarve nirayaṃ prapannāḥ
  • tānn -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ai -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • eṣi -
  • eṣin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    eṣin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    i (verb class 2)
    [present active second single]
  • santar -
  • santa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sam -> santa (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √sam class 1 verb]
    sam -> santa (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √sam class 1 verb]
    sam -> santā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √sam class 1 verb]
  • ṛtum -
  • ṛtu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • asādhu -
  • asādhu (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    asādhu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    asādhu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    asādhu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • juṣṭānye -
  • juṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    juṣ -> juṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √juṣ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √juṣ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √juṣ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √juṣ class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √juṣ class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √juṣ class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √juṣ class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √juṣ class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √juṣ class 6 verb]
  • ena -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • sma -
  • sma (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sman (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • 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]
  • nirayam -
  • niraya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • prapannāḥ -
  • prapanna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    prapannā (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 8.49.86

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 8.49.86 in Kannada sript:
ಅಕ್ಷೇಷು ದೋಷಾ ಬಹವೋ ವಿಧರ್ಮಾಃ ಶ್ರುತಾಸ್ತ್ವಯಾ ಸಹದೇವೋಽಬ್ರವೀದ್ಯಾನ್ ।
ತಾನ್ನೈಷಿ ಸಂತರ್ತುಮಸಾಧುಜುಷ್ಟಾನ್ಯೇನ ಸ್ಮ ಸರ್ವೇ ನಿರಯಂ ಪ್ರಪನ್ನಾಃ ॥ ೮೬ ॥

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 8.49.86 in Bengali sript:
অক্ষেষু দোষা বহবো বিধর্মাঃ শ্রুতাস্ত্বযা সহদেবোঽব্রবীদ্যান্ ।
তান্নৈষি সংতর্তুমসাধুজুষ্টান্যেন স্ম সর্বে নিরযং প্রপন্নাঃ ॥ ৮৬ ॥

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 8.49.86 in Gujarati sript:
અક્ષેષુ દોષા બહવો વિધર્માઃ શ્રુતાસ્ત્વયા સહદેવોઽબ્રવીદ્યાન્ ।
તાન્નૈષિ સંતર્તુમસાધુજુષ્ટાન્યેન સ્મ સર્વે નિરયં પ્રપન્નાઃ ॥ ૮૬ ॥

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 8.49.86 in Malayalam sript:
അക്ഷേഷു ദോഷാ ബഹവോ വിധര്മാഃ ശ്രുതാസ്ത്വയാ സഹദേവോഽബ്രവീദ്യാന് ।
താന്നൈഷി സംതര്തുമസാധുജുഷ്ടാന്യേന സ്മ സര്വേ നിരയം പ്രപന്നാഃ ॥ ൮൬ ॥

Cover of edition (2018)

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

7248pages

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Preview of verse 8.49.86 in Telugu sript:
అక్షేషు దోషా బహవో విధర్మాః శ్రుతాస్త్వయా సహదేవోఽబ్రవీద్యాన్ ।
తాన్నైషి సంతర్తుమసాధుజుష్టాన్యేన స్మ సర్వే నిరయం ప్రపన్నాః ॥ ౮౬ ॥

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