[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) › 13.14.9 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.14.9 Critical edition (BORI) 13.14.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [13.14.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.13.14.9) vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca | evamuktvā tu bhagavānguṇāṃstasya mahātmanaḥ | upaspṛśya śucirbhūtvā kathayāmāsa dhīmataḥ || 9 || > "Vaisampayana continued, 'Having said these words, the illustrious Vasudeva began his discourse on the attributes of the high-souled Mahadeva endued with the highest intelligence, after having purified himself by touching water." > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 13.14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.13.14.8) - [Next: 13.14.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.13.14.10) - [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.13.14.6) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.13.14.25) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.13.14.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.13.14.9) · Pramāṇa