[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) › 1.80.23 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.80.23 Mahābhārata 1.80.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.80.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.80.23) arhaḥ pūruridaṃ rājyaṃ yaḥ sutaḥ priyakṛttava | varadānena śukrasya na śakyaṃ vaktumuttaram || 23 || > "The people then said, 'True it is, O king, that, that son who is accomplished and who seeketh the good of his parents, deserveth prosperity even if he be the youngest. Therefore, doth Puru, who hath done the good, deserve the crown. And as Sukra himself hath commanded it, we have nothing to say to it.' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 1.80.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.80.22) - [Next: 1.80.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.80.24) - [Up: 1.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.80) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.1.85.6) — 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.1.79.37) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.1.85.31) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.34.27) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.33.27) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.80.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.80.23) · Pramāṇa