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# The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.52.1

Mahābhārata 1.52.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.52.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.52.1)

śaunaka uvāca |  
ye sarpāḥ sarpasatre'sminpatitā havyavāhane |  
teṣāṃ nāmāni sarveṣāṃ śrotumicchāmi sūtaja || 1 ||

> "Saunaka said, 'O son of a Suta, I desire to hear the names of all those snakes that fell into the fire of this snake-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.1.57.2) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.57.1) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (2)

- [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.1.57.1) — Sanskrit
- [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.1.57.1) — Sanskrit

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