[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) › 1.55.42 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.55.42 Mahābhārata 1.55.42 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.55.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.55.42) tataste sarvamutsādya hatvā duryodhanaṃ nṛpam | rājyaṃ vidrutabhūyiṣṭhaṃ pratyapadyanta pāṇḍavāḥ || 42 || > "And the fourteenth year, O monarch, when the Pandavas returned and claimed their property, they did not obtain it. And thereupon war was declared, and the Pandavas, after exterminating the whole race of Kshatriyas and slaying king Duryodhana, obtained back their devastated kingdom. > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 1.55.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.55.41) - [Next: 1.55.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.55.43) - [Up: 1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.55) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.1.61.8) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.1.61.54) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.1.61.52) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.55.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.55.42) · Pramāṇa