[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) › [The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) › 1.51.7 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.51.7 Mahābhārata 1.51.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.51.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.51.7) purāṇamāgamya tato bravīmyahaṃ dattaṃ tasmai varamindreṇa rājan | vaseha tvaṃ matsakāśe sugupto na pāvakastvāṃ pradahiṣyatīti || 7 || > "Asked by the king on the present occasion he again told the monarch, 'Sire, it is even so as the Brahmanas have said--Knowing the Puranas, I say, O monarch, that Indra hath granted him this boon, saying, 'Dwell with me in concealment, and Agni shall not burn thee.' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 1.51.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.51.6) - [Next: 1.51.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.51.8) - [Up: 1.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.51) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.1.56.8) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (5) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.56.7) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit - [Lakṣābharaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!vadiraja-laksabharana.33.7) — Vādirāja Sūri, Sanskrit - [Lakṣaślokālaṅkāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!vadiraja.36.7) — Vādirāja, Sanskrit - [Jñānadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!devabodha) — Devabodha, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārataṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha-mahabharatatika) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.1.56.7) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.1.56.7) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.51.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.51.7) · Pramāṇa