[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [The Mahābhārata and its versions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata) › [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) › [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit) › 13.14.27 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.14.27 Critical edition (BORI) 13.14.27 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [13.14.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.13.14.27) tatrāhamadbhutānbhāvānapaśyaṃ girisattame | kṣetraṃ ca tapasāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ paśyāmyāśramamuttamam || 27 || > Repairing then into the presence of that foremost of men, viz., my father, of my mother, of the king, and of Ahuka, I informed them of what the daughter of the prince of the Vidyadharas, in great affliction, had said unto me. Bidding them farewell with a sorrowful heart, I then repaired to Gada and to Rama of great might. These two cheerfully addressed me saying,--Let thy penances increase without any obstruction.--Having obtained the permission of all of them, I thought of Garuda. He immediately came to me and bore me to Himavat (at my bidding). Arrived at Himavat, I dismissed him. There on that foremost of mountains, I beheld many wonderful sights. I saw an excellent, wonderful, and agreeable retreat for the practice of penances. That delightful retreat was owned by the high-souled Upamanyu who was a descendant of Vyaghrapada. That retreat is applauded and reverenced by the deities and the Gandharvas, and seemed to be covered with Vedic beauty. It was adorned with Dhavas and \[paragraph continues\] Kakubhas and Kadamvas and Cocas, with Kuruvakas and Ketakas and Jamvus and Patalas, with banians and Varunakas and Vatsanabhas and Vilwas, with Saralas and Kapitthas and Piyalas and Salas and palmyras with Vadaris and Kundas and Punnagas and Asokas and Amras and Kovidaras and Champakas and Panasas, and with diverse other trees endued with fruits and flowers. And that retreat was also decked with the straight stems of the Musa Supienta. > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 13.14.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.13.14.26) - [Next: 13.14.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.13.14.28) - [Up: 13.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.13.14) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.13.14.7.3) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.13.14.44) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.13.14.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.13.14.27) · Pramāṇa