[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) › 1.76.16 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.76.16 Mahābhārata 1.76.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.76.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.76.16) devayānyuvāca | dvābhyāṃ kanyāsahasrābhyāṃ dāsyā śarmiṣṭhayā saha | tvadadhīnāsmi bhadraṃ te sakhā bhartā ca me bhava || 16 || > "Devayani answered, 'With my two thousand damsels and my waiting-maid Sarmishtha, I wait but your commands. Prosperity to thee. Be thou my friend and lord.' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 1.76.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.76.15) - [Next: 1.76.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.76.17) - [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.1.81.6) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.1.75.23) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.1.81.17) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.30.17) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.76.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.76.16) · Pramāṇa