[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) › 1.76.12 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.76.12 Mahābhārata 1.76.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.76.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.76.12) rājavadrūpaveṣau te brāhmīṃ vācaṃ bibharṣi ca | kiṃnāmā tvaṃ kutaścāsi kasya putraśca śaṃsa me || 12 || > "Yayati then asked, 'I am curious to know why is this thy companion of fair eye-brows, this maiden of the fairest complexion, the daughter of the Asura chief thy waiting-maid!' Devayani replied, 'O best of king, everything resulteth from Fate. Knowing this also to be the result of Fate, wonder not at it. Thy feature and attire are both like a king's. Thy speech also is fair and correct as that of the Vedas. Tell me thy name, whence thou art and whose son also.' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 1.76.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.76.11) - [Next: 1.76.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.76.13) - [Up: 1.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.76) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.1.81.4) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.1.75.19) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.1.81.13) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.30.13) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.76.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.76.12) · Pramāṇa