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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 1.189.31
स चापि केशौ हरिरुद्बबर्ह शुक्लमेकमपरं चापि कृष्णम् ।
तौ चापि केशौ विशतां यदूनां कुले स्त्रियौ रोहिणीं देवकीं च ।
तयोरेको बलदेवो बभूव कृष्णो द्वितीयः केशवः संबभूव ॥ ३१ ॥
sa cāpi keśau harirudbabarha śuklamekamaparaṃ cāpi kṛṣṇam |
tau cāpi keśau viśatāṃ yadūnāṃ kule striyau rohiṇīṃ devakīṃ ca |
tayoreko baladevo babhūva kṛṣṇo dvitīyaḥ keśavaḥ saṃbabhūva || 31 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
...there present stood up and saluted with reverence the illustrious Rishi Krishna (Dvaipayana). The high-souled Rishi, saluting them in return and enquiring after their welfare, sat down on...
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 (1.189.31). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Capin, Capi, Kesha, Keshi, Hari, Shukla, Eka, Aparam, Apara, Krishna, Vishat, Yadu, Kula, Kuli, Stri, Rohini, Devaki, Tad, Reka, Baladeva, Dvitiya, Keshava, Samba,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 1.189.31). 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: “sa cāpi keśau harirudbabarha śuklamekamaparaṃ cāpi kṛṣṇam ”
- sa -
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sa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- cāpi -
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cāpin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]cāpī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]cāpī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]cāpi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]cāpi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- keśau -
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keśa (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]keśi (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- harir -
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hari (noun, masculine)[nominative single]hari (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ud -
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ud (Preverb)[Preverb]
- babarha -
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√bṛh (verb class 6)[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]√bṛh (verb class 1)[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]√barh (verb class 1)[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
- śuklam -
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śukla (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śukla (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śuklā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ekam -
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eka (noun, masculine)[accusative single]eka (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- aparam -
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aparam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]apara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]apara (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- cāpi -
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cāpin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]cāpī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]cāpī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]cāpi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]cāpi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- kṛṣṇam -
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kṛṣṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kṛṣṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]kṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “tau cāpi keśau viśatāṃ yadūnāṃ kule striyau rohiṇīṃ devakīṃ ca ”
- tau -
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ta (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- cāpi -
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cāpin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]cāpī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]cāpī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]cāpi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]cāpi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- keśau -
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keśa (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]keśi (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- viśatām -
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√viś -> viśat (participle, masculine)[genitive plural from √viś class 6 verb]√viś -> viśat (participle, neuter)[genitive plural from √viś class 6 verb]√viś (verb class 6)[imperative active third dual], [imperative middle third single]
- yadūnām -
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yadu (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]
- kule -
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kula (noun, masculine)[locative single]kula (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]kulā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]kuli (noun, feminine)[vocative single]kuli (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- striyau -
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strī (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- rohiṇīm -
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rohiṇī (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- devakīm -
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devakī (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- Line 3: “tayoreko baladevo babhūva kṛṣṇo dvitīyaḥ keśavaḥ saṃbabhūva ”
- tayor -
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ta (noun, masculine)[genitive dual], [locative dual]ta (noun, neuter)[genitive dual], [locative dual]tā (noun, feminine)[genitive dual], [locative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[genitive dual], [locative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[genitive dual], [locative dual]sā (noun, feminine)[genitive dual], [locative dual]
- reko* -
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reka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- baladevo* -
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baladeva (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- babhūva -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
- kṛṣṇo* -
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kṛṣṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- dvitīyaḥ -
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dvitīya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- keśavaḥ -
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keśava (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- samba -
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samba (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]samba (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- bhūva -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[injunctive active first dual]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 1.189.31
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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The Mahabharata in Kannada (Set of 32 Volumes)
by Bharatha Darshana Bangalore (2003)
ಶ್ರೇಮಹಭಾರತ [ಮಹಾಭಾರತ]; 13907 pages;
Buy now!Preview of verse 1.189.31 in Kannada sript:
ಸ ಚಾಪಿ ಕೇಶೌ ಹರಿರುದ್ಬಬರ್ಹ ಶುಕ್ಲಮೇಕಮಪರಂ ಚಾಪಿ ಕೃಷ್ಣಮ್ ।
ತೌ ಚಾಪಿ ಕೇಶೌ ವಿಶತಾಂ ಯದೂನಾಂ ಕುಲೇ ಸ್ತ್ರಿಯೌ ರೋಹಿಣೀಂ ದೇವಕೀಂ ಚ ।
ತಯೋರೇಕೋ ಬಲದೇವೋ ಬಭೂವ ಕೃಷ್ಣೋ ದ್ವಿತೀಯಃ ಕೇಶವಃ ಸಂಬಭೂವ ॥ ೩೧ ॥
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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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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The Mahabharata in Bengali (Two Volumes)
by Akshay Library, Kolkata (2019)
3049 pages; [মহাভারত] [মহার্ষী বদভ্যাস (Maharishi Vedvyas)]
Buy now!Preview of verse 1.189.31 in Bengali sript:
স চাপি কেশৌ হরিরুদ্ববর্হ শুক্লমেকমপরং চাপি কৃষ্ণম্ ।
তৌ চাপি কেশৌ বিশতাং যদূনাং কুলে স্ত্রিযৌ রোহিণীং দেবকীং চ ।
তযোরেকো বলদেবো বভূব কৃষ্ণো দ্বিতীযঃ কেশবঃ সংবভূব ॥ ৩১ ॥
Mahabharat in Gujarati (20 Volumes)
by Dinkar Joshi (દિનકર જોશી) (2010)
14252 pages; [મહાભારત] [Publisher: Pravin Prakashan Pvt. Ltd, Rajkot]
Buy now!Preview of verse 1.189.31 in Gujarati sript:
સ ચાપિ કેશૌ હરિરુદ્બબર્હ શુક્લમેકમપરં ચાપિ કૃષ્ણમ્ ।
તૌ ચાપિ કેશૌ વિશતાં યદૂનાં કુલે સ્ત્રિયૌ રોહિણીં દેવકીં ચ ।
તયોરેકો બલદેવો બભૂવ કૃષ્ણો દ્વિતીયઃ કેશવઃ સંબભૂવ ॥ ૩૧ ॥
Shri Mahabharatam in Malayalam (2 volumes)
by Swami Mridananda (2018)
1681 pages; [Publisher: Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur]
Buy now!Preview of verse 1.189.31 in Malayalam sript:
സ ചാപി കേശൌ ഹരിരുദ്ബബര്ഹ ശുക്ലമേകമപരം ചാപി കൃഷ്ണമ് ।
തൌ ചാപി കേശൌ വിശതാം യദൂനാം കുലേ സ്ത്രിയൌ രോഹിണീം ദേവകീം ച ।
തയോരേകോ ബലദേവോ ബഭൂവ കൃഷ്ണോ ദ്വിതീയഃ കേശവഃ സംബഭൂവ ॥ ൩൧ ॥
Mahabharata in Telugu (7 Volumes)
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2018)
7248pages
Buy now!Preview of verse 1.189.31 in Telugu sript:
స చాపి కేశౌ హరిరుద్బబర్హ శుక్లమేకమపరం చాపి కృష్ణమ్ ।
తౌ చాపి కేశౌ విశతాం యదూనాం కులే స్త్రియౌ రోహిణీం దేవకీం చ ।
తయోరేకో బలదేవో బభూవ కృష్ణో ద్వితీయః కేశవః సంబభూవ ॥ ౩౧ ॥