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 12.184.8

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भृगुरुवाच ।
पूर्वमेव भगवता लोकहितमनुतिष्ठता धर्मसंरक्षणार्थमाश्रमाश्चत्वारोऽभिनिर्दिष्टाः ।
तत्र गुरुकुलवासमेव तावत्प्रथममाश्रममुदाहरन्ति ।
सम्यगत्र शौचसंस्कारविनयनियमप्रणीतो विनीतात्मा उभे संध्ये भास्कराग्निदैवतान्युपस्थाय विहाय तन्द्रालस्ये गुरोरभिवादनवेदाभ्यासश्रवणपवित्रीकृतान्तरात्मा त्रिषवणमुपस्पृश्य ब्रह्मचर्याग्निपरिचरणगुरुशुश्रूषानित्यो भैक्षादिसर्वनिवेदितान्तरात्मा गुरुवचननिर्देशानुष्ठानाप्रतिकूलो गुरुप्रसादलब्धस्वाध्यायतत्परः स्यात् ॥ ८ ॥

bhṛguruvāca |
pūrvameva bhagavatā lokahitamanutiṣṭhatā dharmasaṃrakṣaṇārthamāśramāścatvāro'bhinirdiṣṭāḥ |
tatra gurukulavāsameva tāvatprathamamāśramamudāharanti |
samyagatra śaucasaṃskāravinayaniyamapraṇīto vinītātmā ubhe saṃdhye bhāskarāgnidaivatānyupasthāya vihāya tandrālasye gurorabhivādanavedābhyāsaśravaṇapavitrīkṛtāntarātmā triṣavaṇamupaspṛśya brahmacaryāgniparicaraṇaguruśuśrūṣānityo bhaikṣādisarvaniveditāntarātmā guruvacananirdeśānuṣṭhānāpratikūlo guruprasādalabdhasvādhyāyatatparaḥ syāt || 8 ||

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

...obtaining what was for his highest good, touched the preceptor’s feet, and standing with joined hands before him, said, If, O illustrious one, you have been gratified with the worship I have offered you, it...
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 (12.184.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhrigu, Purvam, Purva, Eva, Bhagavata, Lokahita, Anu, Tishthat, Dharma, Dharman, Samrakshana, Artha, Ashrama, Catu, Ara, Aru, Abhi, Nirdishta, Tatra, Gurukulavasa, Tavat, Prathamam, Prathama, Uda, Anti, Samyak, Atra, Shauca, Samskara, Vinaya, Niyama, Pranita, Vinitatma, Ubha, Sandhya, Bhaskara, Agnidaivata, Upasthaya, Upastha, Vihaya, Viha, Tandra, Alasya, Guru, Abhivadana, Vedabhyasa, Shravana, Pavitrikrita, Tara, Asmad, Trishavana, Upasprishya, Brahmacarya, Agnipa, Caranaguru, Shushrusha, Itya, Bhaiksha, Saru, Sarva, Anivedita, Mas, Vacana, Nirdesha, Ushtha, Guruprasada, Labdha, Svadhyaya, Tatpara, Syat, Sya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 12.184.8). 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: “bhṛguruvāca ”
bhṛgur -
bhṛgu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “pūrvameva bhagavatā lokahitamanutiṣṭhatā dharmasaṃrakṣaṇārthamāśramāścatvāro'bhinirdiṣṭāḥ ”
pūrvam -
pūrvam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pūrva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pūrva (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhagavatā* -
bhagavatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
lokahitam -
lokahita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

lokahita (noun, neuter)

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

lokahitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
anu -
anu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

anu (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

anu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

anu (noun, neuter)

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

anu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

anu (Preverb)

[Preverb]
tiṣṭhatā -
√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, masculine)

[instrumental single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, neuter)

[instrumental single from √sthā class 1 verb]
dharma -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dharman (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
saṃrakṣaṇā -
saṃrakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

saṃrakṣaṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
artham -
artha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
āśramāś -
āśrama (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
catvā -
catu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

catu (noun, neuter)

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

catu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
āro' -
āra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

āru (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

āru (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

√ṛ (verb class 1)

[aorist active second single]

√ṛ (verb class 3)

[aorist active second single]

√ṛ (verb class 5)

[aorist active second single]
abhi -
abhi (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

abhi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

abhi (noun, neuter)

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

abhi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

abhī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

abhī (noun, neuter)

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

abhī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
nirdiṣṭāḥ -
nirdiṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

nirdiṣṭā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 3: “tatra gurukulavāsameva tāvatprathamamāśramamudāharanti ”
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
gurukulavāsam -
gurukulavāsa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tāvat -
tāvat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tāvat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tāvat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

tāvat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
prathamam -
prathamam (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

prathamam (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

prathamam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

prathama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

prathama (noun, neuter)

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

prathamā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
āśramam -
āśrama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

āśrama (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
udā -
uda (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

udan (noun, neuter)

[compound]

√ud (verb class 6)

[imperative active second single]

udā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
āhar -
anti -
anti (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

anti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

antī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
Line 4: “samyagatra śaucasaṃskāravinayaniyamapraṇīto vinītātmā ubhe saṃdhye bhāskarāgnidaivatānyupasthāya vihāya tandrālasye gurorabhivādanavedābhyāsaśravaṇapavitrīkṛtāntarātmā triṣavaṇamupaspṛśya brahmacaryāgniparicaraṇaguruśuśrūṣānityo bhaikṣādisarvaniveditāntarātmā guruvacananirdeśānuṣṭhānāpratikūlo guruprasādalabdhasvādhyāyatatparaḥ syāt ”
samyag -
samyak (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
atra -
atra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

atra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

atra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śauca -
śauca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śauca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
saṃskāra -
saṃskāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
vinaya -
vinaya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vinaya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
niyama -
niyama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
praṇīto* -
praṇīta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vinītātmā* -
vinītātmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ubhe -
ubha (noun, neuter)

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

ubhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
sandhye -
sandhya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

sandhya (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

sandhyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
bhāskarā -
bhāskara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhāskara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhāskarā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
agnidaivatānyu -
agnidaivata (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
upasthāya -
upasthāya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

upastha (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

upastha (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
vihāya -
vihāya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

viha (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

viha (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
tandrā -
tandra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tandrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
alasye -
alasya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

alasya (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

√las (verb class 1)

[imperfect passive first single]

√las (verb class 10)

[imperfect passive first single]
guror -
guru (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
abhivādana -
abhivādana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vedābhyāsa -
vedābhyāsa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
śravaṇa -
śravaṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śravaṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pavitrīkṛtān -
pavitrīkṛta (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
tarāt -
tara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

tara (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
mā -
mā (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

mā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative single]
triṣavaṇam -
triṣavaṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

triṣavaṇa (noun, neuter)

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

triṣavaṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
upaspṛśya -
upaspṛśya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
brahmacaryā -
brahmacarya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
agnipa -
agnipa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

agnipa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ri -
rī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

rai (noun, masculine)

[adverb]
caraṇaguru -
caraṇaguru (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

caraṇaguru (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

caraṇaguru (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
śuśrūṣān -
śuśrūṣa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
ityo* -
itya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√i -> itya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb]
bhaikṣā -
bhaikṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhaikṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
adi -
ad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ad (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
sarva -
saru (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

saru (noun, neuter)

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

saru (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

sarva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sarva (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
aniveditān -
anivedita (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
tarāt -
tara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

tara (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
mā* -
ma (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

mā (noun, feminine)

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

mās (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
guru -
guru (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

guru (noun, neuter)

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

gurū (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

gurū (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

gurū (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
vacana -
vacana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vacana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nirdeśān -
nirdeśa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
uṣṭhān -
uṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
āprati -
āprati (Preverb)

[Preverb]
kūlo -
guruprasāda -
guruprasāda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
labdha -
labdha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

labdha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√labh -> labdha (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √labh class 1 verb]

√labh -> labdha (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √labh class 1 verb]
svādhyāya -
svādhyāya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

svādhyāya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tatparaḥ -
tatpara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
syāt -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]

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Preview of verse 12.184.8 in Kannada sript:
ಭೃಗುರುವಾಚ ।
ಪೂರ್ವಮೇವ ಭಗವತಾ ಲೋಕಹಿತಮನುತಿಷ್ಠತಾ ಧರ್ಮಸಂರಕ್ಷಣಾರ್ಥಮಾಶ್ರಮಾಶ್ಚತ್ವಾರೋಽಭಿನಿರ್ದಿಷ್ಟಾಃ ।
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Preview of verse 12.184.8 in Bengali sript:
ভৃগুরুবাচ ।
পূর্বমেব ভগবতা লোকহিতমনুতিষ্ঠতা ধর্মসংরক্ষণার্থমাশ্রমাশ্চত্বারোঽভিনির্দিষ্টাঃ ।
তত্র গুরুকুলবাসমেব তাবত্প্রথমমাশ্রমমুদাহরন্তি ।
সম্যগত্র শৌচসংস্কারবিনযনিযমপ্রণীতো বিনীতাত্মা উভে সংধ্যে ভাস্করাগ্নিদৈবতান্যুপস্থায বিহায তন্দ্রালস্যে গুরোরভিবাদনবেদাভ্যাসশ্রবণপবিত্রীকৃতান্তরাত্মা ত্রিষবণমুপস্পৃশ্য ব্রহ্মচর্যাগ্নিপরিচরণগুরুশুশ্রূষানিত্যো ভৈক্ষাদিসর্বনিবেদিতান্তরাত্মা গুরুবচননির্দেশানুষ্ঠানাপ্রতিকূলো গুরুপ্রসাদলব্ধস্বাধ্যাযতত্পরঃ স্যাত্ ॥ ৮ ॥

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 12.184.8 in Gujarati sript:
ભૃગુરુવાચ ।
પૂર્વમેવ ભગવતા લોકહિતમનુતિષ્ઠતા ધર્મસંરક્ષણાર્થમાશ્રમાશ્ચત્વારોઽભિનિર્દિષ્ટાઃ ।
તત્ર ગુરુકુલવાસમેવ તાવત્પ્રથમમાશ્રમમુદાહરન્તિ ।
સમ્યગત્ર શૌચસંસ્કારવિનયનિયમપ્રણીતો વિનીતાત્મા ઉભે સંધ્યે ભાસ્કરાગ્નિદૈવતાન્યુપસ્થાય વિહાય તન્દ્રાલસ્યે ગુરોરભિવાદનવેદાભ્યાસશ્રવણપવિત્રીકૃતાન્તરાત્મા ત્રિષવણમુપસ્પૃશ્ય બ્રહ્મચર્યાગ્નિપરિચરણગુરુશુશ્રૂષાનિત્યો ભૈક્ષાદિસર્વનિવેદિતાન્તરાત્મા ગુરુવચનનિર્દેશાનુષ્ઠાનાપ્રતિકૂલો ગુરુપ્રસાદલબ્ધસ્વાધ્યાયતત્પરઃ સ્યાત્ ॥ ૮ ॥

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

1681 pages; [Publisher: Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur]

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Preview of verse 12.184.8 in Malayalam sript:
ഭൃഗുരുവാച ।
പൂര്വമേവ ഭഗവതാ ലോകഹിതമനുതിഷ്ഠതാ ധര്മസംരക്ഷണാര്ഥമാശ്രമാശ്ചത്വാരോഽഭിനിര്ദിഷ്ടാഃ ।
തത്ര ഗുരുകുലവാസമേവ താവത്പ്രഥമമാശ്രമമുദാഹരന്തി ।
സമ്യഗത്ര ശൌചസംസ്കാരവിനയനിയമപ്രണീതോ വിനീതാത്മാ ഉഭേ സംധ്യേ ഭാസ്കരാഗ്നിദൈവതാന്യുപസ്ഥായ വിഹായ തന്ദ്രാലസ്യേ ഗുരോരഭിവാദനവേദാഭ്യാസശ്രവണപവിത്രീകൃതാന്തരാത്മാ ത്രിഷവണമുപസ്പൃശ്യ ബ്രഹ്മചര്യാഗ്നിപരിചരണഗുരുശുശ്രൂഷാനിത്യോ ഭൈക്ഷാദിസര്വനിവേദിതാന്തരാത്മാ ഗുരുവചനനിര്ദേശാനുഷ്ഠാനാപ്രതികൂലോ ഗുരുപ്രസാദലബ്ധസ്വാധ്യായതത്പരഃ സ്യാത് ॥ ൮ ॥

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

7248pages

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Preview of verse 12.184.8 in Telugu sript:
భృగురువాచ ।
పూర్వమేవ భగవతా లోకహితమనుతిష్ఠతా ధర్మసంరక్షణార్థమాశ్రమాశ్చత్వారోఽభినిర్దిష్టాః ।
తత్ర గురుకులవాసమేవ తావత్ప్రథమమాశ్రమముదాహరన్తి ।
సమ్యగత్ర శౌచసంస్కారవినయనియమప్రణీతో వినీతాత్మా ఉభే సంధ్యే భాస్కరాగ్నిదైవతాన్యుపస్థాయ విహాయ తన్ద్రాలస్యే గురోరభివాదనవేదాభ్యాసశ్రవణపవిత్రీకృతాన్తరాత్మా త్రిషవణముపస్పృశ్య బ్రహ్మచర్యాగ్నిపరిచరణగురుశుశ్రూషానిత్యో భైక్షాదిసర్వనివేదితాన్తరాత్మా గురువచననిర్దేశానుష్ఠానాప్రతికూలో గురుప్రసాదలబ్ధస్వాధ్యాయతత్పరః స్యాత్ ॥ ౮ ॥

Last Updated: 17 September, 2021