[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) › 1.52.22 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.52.22 Mahābhārata 1.52.22 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.52.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.52.22) kāmarūpāḥ kāmagamā dīptānalaviṣolbaṇāḥ | dagdhāstatra mahāsatre brahmadaṇḍanipīḍitāḥ || 22 || > "Many others, of huge bodies, of great speed, tall as mountain summits, of the length of a yama, of a yojana, and of two yojanas, capable of assuming at will any form and of mastering at will any degree of strength, of poison like unto blazing fire, afflicted by the curse of a mother, were burnt in that great 'sacrifice.'" > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 1.52.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.52.21) - [Next: 1.53.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.53.1) - [Up: 1.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.52) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.1.57.6) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.57.24) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.1.57.24) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.1.57.24) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.52.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.52.22) · Pramāṇa