[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) › 1.55.43 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.55.43 Mahābhārata 1.55.43 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.55.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.55.43) evametatpurāvṛttaṃ teṣāmakliṣṭakarmaṇām | bhedo rājyavināśaśca jayaśca jayatāṃ vara || 43 || > "This is the history of the Pandavas who never acted under the influence of evil passions; and this the account, O first of victorious monarchs of the disunion that ended in the loss of their kingdom by the Kurus and the victory of the Pandavas.'" > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 1.55.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.55.42) - [Next: 1.56.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.56.1) - [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.1.61.9) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.61.53) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.1.61.58) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.1.61.53) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.55.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.55.43) · Pramāṇa