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 1.1.122

यदाश्रौषं कर्ण उवाच भीष्मं नाहं योत्स्ये युध्यमाने त्वयीति ।
हित्वा सेनामपचक्राम चैव तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥ १२२ ॥

yadāśrauṣaṃ karṇa uvāca bhīṣmaṃ nāhaṃ yotsye yudhyamāne tvayīti |
hitvā senāmapacakrāma caiva tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya || 122 ||

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

...the brothers of Subhadra) without resenting it had entered Indraprastha as friends, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. When I heard that Arjuna, by his celestial arrow preventing...

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

Yada, Yad, Karna, Bhishma, Naha, Yudhyamana, Yushmad, Iti, Hitva, Hitvan, Sena, Apaca, Tada, Nasha, Vijaya, Sanjaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 1.1.122). 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: “yadāśrauṣaṃ karṇa uvāca bhīṣmaṃ nāhaṃ yotsye yudhyamāne tvayīti
  • yadā -
  • yadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yadā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • aśrauṣam -
  • śru (verb class 5)
    [aorist active first single]
  • karṇa* -
  • karṇa (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]
  • bhīṣmam -
  • bhīṣma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bhīṣma (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    bhīṣmā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • nāham -
  • nāha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • yotsye -
  • yudh (verb class 1)
    [future middle first single]
    yudh (verb class 4)
    [future middle first single]
  • yudhyamāne -
  • yudh -> yudhyamāna (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [locative single from √yudh class 4 verb]
    yudh -> yudhyamāna (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [locative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √yudh class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √yudh class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √yudh class 4 verb], [locative single from √yudh class 4 verb]
    yudh -> yudhyamānā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √yudh class 4 verb], [vocative single from √yudh class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √yudh class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √yudh class 4 verb]
  • tvayī -
  • yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [locative single]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • Line 2: “hitvā senāmapacakrāma caiva tadā nāśaṃse vijayāya saṃjaya
  • hitvā -
  • hitvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    dhā -> hitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dhā]
    dhā -> hitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dhā]
    dhā -> hitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dhā]
    dhā -> hitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dhā]
    hi -> hitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √hi]
    hitvan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • senām -
  • senā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • apaca -
  • apaca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    apaca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • krāma -
  • kram (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • tadā* -
  • tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • nāśaṃ -
  • nāśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    naś -> nāśam (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √naś]
    naś -> nāśam (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √naś]
  • se -
  • si (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    sa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [present middle second single]
  • vijayāya -
  • vijaya (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    vijaya (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • sañjaya -
  • sañjaya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sañjaya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 1.1.122

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 1.1.122 in Kannada sript:
ಯದಾಶ್ರೌಷಂ ಕರ್ಣ ಉವಾಚ ಭೀಷ್ಮಂ ನಾಹಂ ಯೋತ್ಸ್ಯೇ ಯುಧ್ಯಮಾನೇ ತ್ವಯೀತಿ ।
ಹಿತ್ವಾ ಸೇನಾಮಪಚಕ್ರಾಮ ಚೈವ ತದಾ ನಾಶಂಸೇ ವಿಜಯಾಯ ಸಂಜಯ ॥ ೧೨೨ ॥

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 1.1.122 in Bengali sript:
যদাশ্রৌষং কর্ণ উবাচ ভীষ্মং নাহং যোত্স্যে যুধ্যমানে ত্বযীতি ।
হিত্বা সেনামপচক্রাম চৈব তদা নাশংসে বিজযায সংজয ॥ ১২২ ॥

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 1.1.122 in Gujarati sript:
યદાશ્રૌષં કર્ણ ઉવાચ ભીષ્મં નાહં યોત્સ્યે યુધ્યમાને ત્વયીતિ ।
હિત્વા સેનામપચક્રામ ચૈવ તદા નાશંસે વિજયાય સંજય ॥ ૧૨૨ ॥

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 1.1.122 in Malayalam sript:
യദാശ്രൌഷം കര്ണ ഉവാച ഭീഷ്മം നാഹം യോത്സ്യേ യുധ്യമാനേ ത്വയീതി ।
ഹിത്വാ സേനാമപചക്രാമ ചൈവ തദാ നാശംസേ വിജയായ സംജയ ॥ ൧൨൨ ॥

Cover of edition (2018)

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

7248pages

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Preview of verse 1.1.122 in Telugu sript:
యదాశ్రౌషం కర్ణ ఉవాచ భీష్మం నాహం యోత్స్యే యుధ్యమానే త్వయీతి ।
హిత్వా సేనామపచక్రామ చైవ తదా నాశంసే విజయాయ సంజయ ॥ ౧౨౨ ॥

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