[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) › 1.77.12 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.77.12 Mahābhārata 1.77.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.77.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.77.12) somasyendrasya viṣṇorvā yamasya varuṇasya vā | tava vā nāhuṣa kule kaḥ striyaṃ spraṣṭumarhati || 12 || > "Vaisampayana continued, 'While Sarmishtha was thus busy with her thoughts, the king wandering listlessly came to that very wood of Asokas, and beholding Sarmishtha before him, stood there in silence. Then Sarmishtha of sweet smiles seeing the monarch before her with nobody to witness what might pass, approached him and said with joined palms, 'O son of Nahusha, no one can behold the ladies that dwell in the inner apartments of Soma, of Indra, of Vishnu, of Yama, of Varuna, and of thee! Thou knowest, O king, that I am both handsome and well-born. I solicit thee, O king! My season hath arrived. See that it goeth not in vain.' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 1.77.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.77.11) - [Next: 1.77.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.77.13) - [Up: 1.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.77) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.1.82.3) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (5) - [Lakṣābharaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!vadiraja-laksabharana.46.19) — Vādirāja Sūri, Sanskrit - [Lakṣaślokālaṅkāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!vadiraja.53.19) — Vādirāja, Sanskrit - [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 - [Mahābhārataṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha-mahabharatatika) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.1.76.19) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.1.82.12) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.77.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.77.12) · Pramāṇa