[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) › 1.84.1 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.84.1 Mahābhārata 1.84.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.84.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.84.1) yayātiruvāca | ahaṃ yayātirnahuṣasya putraḥ pūroḥ pitā sarvabhūtāvamānāt | prabhraṃśitaḥ surasiddharṣilokātparicyutaḥ prapatāmyalpapuṇyaḥ || 1 || > "Yayati said, 'I am Yayati, the son of Nahusha and the father of Puru. Cast off from the region of the celestials and of Siddhas and Rishis for having disregarded every creature, I am falling down, my righteousness having sustained diminution. In years I am older than you; therefore, I have not saluted you first. Indeed, the Brahmanas always reverence him who is older in years or superior in learning or in ascetic merit.' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 1.83.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.83.13) - [Next: 1.84.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.84.2) - [Up: 1.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.84) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.1.89.2) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.89.1) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.1.83.1) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.1.89.1) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.38.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.84.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.84.1) · Pramāṇa