[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) › 1.76.34 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.76.34 Mahābhārata 1.76.34 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.76.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.76.34) iyaṃ cāpi kumārī te śarmiṣṭhā vārṣaparvaṇī | saṃpūjyā satataṃ rājanmā caināṃ śayane hvayeḥ || 34 || > "Yayati then said, 'I solicit the boon, O Brahmana, that by so doing, the sin of begetting a half-breed might not touch me.' Sukra, however, assured him by saying, 'I shall absolve thee from the sin. Ask thou the boon that thou desirest. Fear not to wed her. I grant thee absolution. Maintain virtuously thy wife--the slender-waisted Devayani. Transports of happiness be thine in her company. This other maiden, Vrishaparvan's daughter, Sarmishtha should ever be regarded by thee. But thou shall not summon her to thy bed.' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 1.76.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.76.33) - [Next: 1.76.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.76.35) - [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.1.81.10) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.1.75.45) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.1.81.35) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.76.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.76.34) · Pramāṇa