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# The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.51.3

Mahābhārata 1.51.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.51.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.51.3)

sūta uvāca |  
vyāhartukāme varade nṛpe dvijaṃ varaṃ vṛṇīṣveti tato'bhyuvāca |  
hotā vākyaṃ nātihṛṣṭāntarātmā karmaṇyasmiṃstakṣako naiti tāvat || 3 ||

> "Sauti continued, 'The king, being inclined to grant the Brahmana a boon, said 'Ask thou a boon.' The Hotri, however, being rather displeased, said, 'Takshaka hath not come as yet into this sacrifice.'  
> — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

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## Translations (1)

- [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.1.56.4) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English

## Commentaries (5)

- [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.56.3) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit
- [Jñānadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!devabodha) — Devabodha, Sanskrit
- [Lakṣaślokālaṅkāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!vadiraja) — Vādirāja, Sanskrit
- [Mahābhārataṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha-mahabharatatika) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita, Sanskrit
- [Lakṣābharaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!vadiraja-laksabharana) — Vādirāja Sūri, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (2)

- [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.1.56.3) — Sanskrit
- [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.1.56.3) — Sanskrit

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