[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) › 1.57.106 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.57.106 Mahābhārata 1.57.106 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.57.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.57.106) teṣāmaparimeyāni nāmadheyāni sarvaśaḥ | na śakyaṃ parisaṃkhyātuṃ varṣāṇāmayutairapi | ete tu kīrtitā mukhyā yairākhyānamidaṃ tatam || 106 || > "In that great battle of the Kurus came hundreds of thousands of monarchs for fighting against one another. The names of the innumerable host I am unable to recount even in ten thousand years. I have named, however, the principal ones who have been mentioned in this history.'" > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 1.57.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.57.105) - [Next: 1.58.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.58.1) - [Up: 1.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.57) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.1.63.22) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.1.64.169) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.1.63.127) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.57.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.57.106) · Pramāṇa