[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) › 1.58.1 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.58.1 Mahābhārata 1.58.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.58.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.58.1) janamejaya uvāca | ya ete kīrtitā brahmanye cānye nānukīrtitāḥ | samyaktāñśrotumicchāmi rājñaścānyānsuvarcasaḥ || 1 || > "Janamejaya said, 'O Brahmana, those thou hast named and those thou hast not named, I wish to hear of them in detail, as also of other kings by thousands. And, O thou of great good fortune, it behoveth thee to tell me in full the object for which those Maharathas, equal unto the celestials themselves, were born on earth.' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 1.57.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.57.106) - [Next: 1.58.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.58.2) - [Up: 1.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.58) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.1.64.2) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.64.1) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.1.65.1) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.1.64.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.58.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.58.1) · Pramāṇa