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 5.37.3

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यश्चाशिष्यं शासति यश्च कुप्यते यश्चातिवेलं भजते द्विषन्तम् ।
स्त्रियश्च योऽरक्षति भद्रमस्तु ते यश्चायाच्यं याचति यश्च कत्थते ॥ ३ ॥

yaścāśiṣyaṃ śāsati yaśca kupyate yaścātivelaṃ bhajate dviṣantam |
striyaśca yo'rakṣati bhadramastu te yaścāyācyaṃ yācati yaśca katthate || 3 ||

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

...own control; the king controls persons that are wicked; while they that sin secretly have their controller in Yama, the son of Vivasvat. The greatness of Rishis, of rivers, of river...
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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 (5.37.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yah, Ashishya, Kupyat, Iva, Dvishat, Stri, Arakshat, Bhadrama, Tad, Yushmad, Ayacin, Yacat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahabharata Verse 5.37.3). 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: “yaścāśiṣyaṃ śāsati yaśca kupyate yaścātivelaṃ bhajate dviṣantam ”
yaś -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cā -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aśiṣyam -
aśiṣya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

aśiṣya (noun, neuter)

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

aśiṣyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
śāsati -
√śās (verb class 2)

[present active third plural]
yaś -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kupyate -
√kup -> kupyat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √kup class 4 verb]

√kup -> kupyat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √kup class 4 verb]

√kup (verb class 4)

[present passive third single]
yaś -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cāt -
ca (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ive -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ilam -
ilā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
bhajate -
√bhaj (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]
dviṣantam -
dviṣat (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
Line 2: “striyaśca yo'rakṣati bhadramastu te yaścāyācyaṃ yācati yaśca katthate ”
striyaś -
strī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yo' -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

yu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
arakṣati -
arakṣat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

arakṣat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
bhadramas -
bhadrama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
yaś -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cā -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ayācya -
ayācin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]

ayācin (noun, neuter)

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

[adverb], [accusative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
yācati -
√yāc -> yācat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √yāc class 1 verb]

√yāc -> yācat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √yāc class 1 verb]

√yāc (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
yaś -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
katthate -
√katth (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahabharata Verse 5.37.3

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;

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Preview of verse 5.37.3 in Kannada sript:
ಯಶ್ಚಾಶಿಷ್ಯಂ ಶಾಸತಿ ಯಶ್ಚ ಕುಪ್ಯತೇ ಯಶ್ಚಾತಿವೇಲಂ ಭಜತೇ ದ್ವಿಷನ್ತಮ್ ।
ಸ್ತ್ರಿಯಶ್ಚ ಯೋಽರಕ್ಷತಿ ಭದ್ರಮಸ್ತು ತೇ ಯಶ್ಚಾಯಾಚ್ಯಂ ಯಾಚತಿ ಯಶ್ಚ ಕತ್ಥತೇ ॥ ೩ ॥

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)]

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Preview of verse 5.37.3 in Bengali sript:
যশ্চাশিষ্যং শাসতি যশ্চ কুপ্যতে যশ্চাতিবেলং ভজতে দ্বিষন্তম্ ।
স্ত্রিযশ্চ যোঽরক্ষতি ভদ্রমস্তু তে যশ্চাযাচ্যং যাচতি যশ্চ কত্থতে ॥ ৩ ॥

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 5.37.3 in Gujarati sript:
યશ્ચાશિષ્યં શાસતિ યશ્ચ કુપ્યતે યશ્ચાતિવેલં ભજતે દ્વિષન્તમ્ ।
સ્ત્રિયશ્ચ યોઽરક્ષતિ ભદ્રમસ્તુ તે યશ્ચાયાચ્યં યાચતિ યશ્ચ કત્થતે ॥ ૩ ॥

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

1681 pages; [Publisher: Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur]

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Preview of verse 5.37.3 in Malayalam sript:
യശ്ചാശിഷ്യം ശാസതി യശ്ച കുപ്യതേ യശ്ചാതിവേലം ഭജതേ ദ്വിഷന്തമ് ।
സ്ത്രിയശ്ച യോഽരക്ഷതി ഭദ്രമസ്തു തേ യശ്ചായാച്യം യാചതി യശ്ച കത്ഥതേ ॥ ൩ ॥

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

7248pages

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Preview of verse 5.37.3 in Telugu sript:
యశ్చాశిష్యం శాసతి యశ్చ కుప్యతే యశ్చాతివేలం భజతే ద్విషన్తమ్ ।
స్త్రియశ్చ యోఽరక్షతి భద్రమస్తు తే యశ్చాయాచ్యం యాచతి యశ్చ కత్థతే ॥ ౩ ॥

Last Updated: 17 September, 2021