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#Bg 1.31 न च श्रेयोऽनुपश्यामि हत्वा स्वजनमाहवे । न काङ्क्षे विजयं कृष्ण न च राज्यं सुखानि च ॥ ३१ ॥ na ca śreyo ’nupaśyāmi hatvā sva-janam āhave na kāṅkṣe vijayaṁ kṛṣṇa na ca rājyaṁ sukhāni ca … Read More

#Bg 1.30 न च शक्न‍ोम्यवस्थातुं भ्रमतीव च मे मनः । निमित्तानि च पश्यामि विपरीतानि केशव ॥ ३० ॥ na ca śaknomy avasthātuṁ bhramatīva ca me manaḥ nimittāni ca paśyāmi viparītāni keśava   na — nor; ca … Read More

#Bg 1.29 वेपथुश्च शरीरे मे रोमहर्षश्च जायते । गाण्डीवं स्रंसते हस्तात्त्वक्च‍ैव परिदह्यते ॥ २९ ॥ vepathuś ca śarīre me roma-harṣaś ca jāyate gāṇḍīvaṁ sraṁsate hastāt tvak caiva paridahyate   vepathuḥ — trembling of the body; ca … Read More

#Bg 1.27 तान्समीक्ष्य स कौन्तेयः सर्वान्बन्धूनवस्थितान् । कृपया परयाविष्टो विषीदन्निदमब्रवीत् ॥ २७ ॥ tān samīkṣya sa kaunteyaḥ sarvān bandhūn avasthitān kṛpayā parayāviṣṭo viṣīdann idam abravīt   tān — all of them; samīkṣya — after seeing; saḥ … Read More

#Bg 1.24 सञ्जय उवाच एवमुक्तो हृषीकेशो गुडाकेशेन भारत । सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये स्थापयित्वा रथोत्तमम् ॥ २४ ॥ sañjaya uvāca evam ukto hṛṣīkeśo guḍākeśena bhārata senayor ubhayor madhye sthāpayitvā rathottamam   sañjayaḥ uvāca — Sañjaya said; evam — thus; … Read More

महौजस् adj. mahaujas mighty   महौजस् adj. mahaujas very vigorous or powerful or mighty   महौजस् m. mahaujas of a people   महौजस् m. mahaujas champion   महौजस् m. mahaujas hero   महौजस् n. mahaujas great … Read More

In a few words:   Vinata said: The Nisadas have their homes in a remote place in the midst of the ocean. Eat thousands of Nisadas and bring the Amrita. Nisadas These forest dwellers had to … Read More

  अन्ये च बहवः श‍ूरा मदर्थे त्यक्तजीविताः । नानाशस्त्रप्रहरणाः सर्वे युद्धविशारदाः ॥ ९ ॥ anye ca bahavaḥ śūrā mad-arthe tyakta-jīvitāḥ nānā-śastra-praharaṇāḥ sarve yuddha-viśāradāḥ   Synonyms anye — others; ca — also; bahavaḥ — in great numbers; … Read More

  भवान्भीष्मश्च कर्णश्च कृपश्च समितिंजयः । अश्वत्थामा विकर्णश्च सौमदत्तिस्तथैव च ॥ ८ ॥ bhavān bhīṣmaś ca karṇaś ca kṛpaś ca samitiṁ-jayaḥ aśvatthāmā vikarṇaś ca saumadattis tathaiva ca   Synonyms bhavān — your good self; bhīṣmaḥ — … Read More

The Nisadas live in the forests. The grand sire of the nisada tribe living in forests was one Nisada. Those forest dwellers came to be known as nisadas as they were the descendants of this Nisada. … Read More

A mountain in South India. The following pieces of information are gathered about this mountain from the Puranas: (1) The sovereign deity of this mountain attends on Kuvera in Kuvera’s assembly. (Maha-bharata Sabha Parva, Chapter 10, … Read More