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 3.223.8

त्वत्संनिधौ यत्कथयेत्पतिस्ते यद्यप्यगुह्यं परिरक्षितव्यम् ।
काचित्सपत्नी तव वासुदेवं प्रत्यादिशेत्तेन भवेद्विरागः ॥ ८ ॥

tvatsaṃnidhau yatkathayetpatiste yadyapyaguhyaṃ parirakṣitavyam |
kācitsapatnī tava vāsudevaṃ pratyādiśettena bhavedvirāgaḥ || 8 ||

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

...in the shape of customary gifts, so that the man that takes the powders so sent, by tongue or skin, is, without doubt, speedily deprived of life. Women have sometimes caused dropsy and...

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

Yushmad, Samnidhi, Yat, Yad, Pati, Tad, Yadi, Apya, Guhyam, Guhya, Guhi, Parirakshitavya, Acit, Sapatni, Vasudeva, Prati, Adish, Tta, Viraga,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 3.223.8). 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: “tvatsaṃnidhau yatkathayetpatiste yadyapyaguhyaṃ parirakṣitavyam
  • tvat -
  • yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [ablative single]
  • saṃnidhau -
  • saṃnidhi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • yat -
  • yat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • kathayet -
  • kath (verb class 10)
    [optative active third single]
  • patis -
  • pati (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    pati (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • yadya -
  • yadi (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    yadi (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yadi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • apya -
  • apya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • guhyam -
  • guhyam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    guhya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    guhya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    guhyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    guh -> guhya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √guh class 1 verb]
    guh -> guhya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √guh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √guh class 1 verb]
    guhī (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • parirakṣitavyam -
  • parirakṣitavya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    parirakṣitavya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    parirakṣitavyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “kācitsapatnī tava vāsudevaṃ pratyādiśettena bhavedvirāgaḥ
  • -
  • (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    ka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • acit -
  • acit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    acit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    acit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • sapatnī -
  • sapatnī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    sapatnī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • tava -
  • yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [genitive single]
  • vāsudevam -
  • vāsudeva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vāsudeva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vāsudevā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • pratyā -
  • prati (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    prati (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    pratī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    pratī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single]
    pratī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ādiśe -
  • ādiś (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
  • ttena -
  • tta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    tta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • bhaved -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • virāgaḥ -
  • virāga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 3.223.8

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 3.223.8 in Kannada sript:
ತ್ವತ್ಸಂನಿಧೌ ಯತ್ಕಥಯೇತ್ಪತಿಸ್ತೇ ಯದ್ಯಪ್ಯಗುಹ್ಯಂ ಪರಿರಕ್ಷಿತವ್ಯಮ್ ।
ಕಾಚಿತ್ಸಪತ್ನೀ ತವ ವಾಸುದೇವಂ ಪ್ರತ್ಯಾದಿಶೇತ್ತೇನ ಭವೇದ್ವಿರಾಗಃ ॥ ೮ ॥

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 3.223.8 in Bengali sript:
ত্বত্সংনিধৌ যত্কথযেত্পতিস্তে যদ্যপ্যগুহ্যং পরিরক্ষিতব্যম্ ।
কাচিত্সপত্নী তব বাসুদেবং প্রত্যাদিশেত্তেন ভবেদ্বিরাগঃ ॥ ৮ ॥

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 3.223.8 in Gujarati sript:
ત્વત્સંનિધૌ યત્કથયેત્પતિસ્તે યદ્યપ્યગુહ્યં પરિરક્ષિતવ્યમ્ ।
કાચિત્સપત્ની તવ વાસુદેવં પ્રત્યાદિશેત્તેન ભવેદ્વિરાગઃ ॥ ૮ ॥

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 3.223.8 in Malayalam sript:
ത്വത്സംനിധൌ യത്കഥയേത്പതിസ്തേ യദ്യപ്യഗുഹ്യം പരിരക്ഷിതവ്യമ് ।
കാചിത്സപത്നീ തവ വാസുദേവം പ്രത്യാദിശേത്തേന ഭവേദ്വിരാഗഃ ॥ ൮ ॥

Cover of edition (2018)

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

7248pages

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Preview of verse 3.223.8 in Telugu sript:
త్వత్సంనిధౌ యత్కథయేత్పతిస్తే యద్యప్యగుహ్యం పరిరక్షితవ్యమ్ ।
కాచిత్సపత్నీ తవ వాసుదేవం ప్రత్యాదిశేత్తేన భవేద్విరాగః ॥ ౮ ॥

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