[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) › 1.75.23 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.75.23 Mahābhārata 1.75.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.75.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.75.23) vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca | pratiśrute dāsabhāve duhitrā vṛṣaparvaṇaḥ | devayānī nṛpaśreṣṭha pitaraṃ vākyamabravīt || 23 || > "Vaisampayana continued, 'When Sarmishtha thus promised to be Devayani's waiting-maid the latter, O king, then spoke unto her father thus, 'O best of all excellent Brahmanas, I am gratified. I shall now enter the Asura capital! I now know that thy science and power of knowledge are not futile!' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 1.75.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.75.22) - [Next: 1.75.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.75.24) - [Up: 1.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.75) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.1.80.12) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (5) - [Jñānadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!devabodha) — Devabodha, Sanskrit - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara, Sanskrit - [Lakṣaślokālaṅkāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!vadiraja) — Vādirāja, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārataṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha-mahabharatatika) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita, Sanskrit - [Lakṣābharaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!vadiraja-laksabharana) — Vādirāja Sūri, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.1.74.32) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.1.80.25) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.29.26) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.28.26) — Sanskrit - [Epic Mythology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.hopkins-1915.c7.6) — Edward Washburn Hopkins, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.75.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.75.23) · Pramāṇa