[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) › 1.57.57 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.57.57 Mahābhārata 1.57.57 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.57.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.57.57) atīva rūpasaṃpannāṃ siddhānāmapi kāṅkṣitām | dṛṣṭvaiva ca sa tāṃ dhīmāṃścakame cārudarśanām | vidvāṃstāṃ vāsavīṃ kanyāṃ kāryavānmunipuṃgavaḥ || 57 || > "While engaged in this vocation, Satyavati was seen one day by the great Rishi Parasara, in course of his wanderings. As she was gifted with great beauty, an object of desire even with an anchorite, and of graceful smiles, the wise sage, as soon as he beheld her, desired to have her. And that bull amongst Munis addressed the daughter of Vasu of celestial beauty and tapering thighs, saying, 'Accept my embraces, O blessed one!' Satyavati replied, 'O holy one, behold the Rishis standing on either bank of the river. Seen by them, how can I grant thy wish?' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 1.57.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.57.56) - [Next: 1.57.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.57.58) - [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.1.63.14) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.1.64.85) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.1.63.70) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.57.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.57.57) · Pramāṇa