[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) › 1.77.14 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.77.14 Mahābhārata 1.77.14 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.77.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.77.14) yayātiruvāca | vedmi tvāṃ śīlasaṃpannāṃ daityakanyāmaninditām | rūpe ca te na paśyāmi sūcyagramapi ninditam || 14 || > "Yayati answered, 'Well do I know that honour of birth is thine, born as thou art in the proud race of the Danavas. Thou art also gifted with beauty. I do not, indeed, see even the speck of a fault in thy feature. But Usanas commanded me, while I was united with Devayani, that never should Vrishaparvan's daughter he summoned to my bed.' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 1.77.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.77.13) - [Next: 1.77.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.77.15) - [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.1.82.4) — 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.1.76.21) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.1.82.14) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.31.14) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.30.14) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.77.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.77.14) · Pramāṇa