[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) › 1.56.25-26 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.56.25-26 Mahābhārata 1.56.25-26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.56.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.56.25) dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ svargyaṃ puṇyaṃ tathaiva ca | kṛṣṇadvaipāyanenedaṃ kṛtaṃ puṇyacikīrṣuṇā || 25 || > "For extending the fame of the high-souled Pandavas and of other Kshatriyas versed in all branches of knowledge, high spirited, and already known in the world for their achievements, Krishna-Dwaipayana, guided also by the desire of doing good to the world, hath composed this work. It is excellent, productive of fame, grants length of life, is sacred and heavenly. He who, from desire of acquiring religious merit, causeth this history to be heard by sacred Brahmanas, acquireth great merit and virtue that is inexhaustible. He that reciteth the famous generation of the Kurus becometh immediately purified and acquireth a large family himself, and becometh respected in the world. That Brahmana who regularly studies this sacred Bharata for the four months of the rainy season, is cleansed from all his sins. He that has read the Bharata may be regarded as one acquainted with the Vedas. > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa ### [1.56.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.56.26) kīrtiṃ prathayatā loke pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām | anyeṣāṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ ca bhūridraviṇatejasām || 26 || ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.1.62.5) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.1.62.30) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.1.62.27) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.56.25-26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.56.25-26) · Pramāṇa