[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) › 1.79.6 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.79.6 Mahābhārata 1.79.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.79.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.79.6) aśaktaḥ kāryakaraṇe paribhūtaḥ sa yauvanaiḥ | sahopajīvibhiścaiva tāṃ jarāṃ nābhikāmaye || 6 || > "Yadu replied, 'There are innumerable inconveniences in decrepitude, in respect of drinking and eating. Therefore, O king, I shall not take thy decrepitude. This is, indeed, my determination. White hair on the head, cheerlessness and relaxation of the nerves, wrinkles all over the body, deformities, weakness of the limbs, emaciation, incapacity to work, defeat at the hands of friends and companions--these are the consequences of decrepitude. Therefore, O king, I desire not to take it. O king, thou hast many sons some of whom are dearer to thee. Thou art acquainted with the precepts of virtue. Ask some other son of thine to take thy decrepitude. > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 1.79.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.79.5) - [Next: 1.79.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.79.7) - [Up: 1.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.79) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.1.84.3) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (5) - [Lakṣābharaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!vadiraja-laksabharana.49.7) — Vādirāja Sūri, Sanskrit - [Lakṣaślokālaṅkāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!vadiraja.55.7) — 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.1.78.7) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.1.84.7) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.33.6) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.32.6) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.79.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.79.6) · Pramāṇa