[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) › 1.85.3 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.85.3 Mahābhārata 1.85.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.85.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.85.3) aṣṭaka uvāca | kathaṃ tasminkṣīṇapuṇyā bhavanti saṃmuhyate me'tra mano'timātram | kiṃviśiṣṭāḥ kasya dhāmopayānti tadvai brūhi kṣetravittvaṃ mato me || 3 || > "Ashtaka said, 'Capable of assuming any form at will, thou hast lived for a million years in the gardens of Nandana. For what cause, O foremost of those that flourished in the Krita age, hast thou been compelled to leave that region and come hither?' Yayati answered, 'As kinsmen, friends, and relatives forsake, in this world, those whose wealth disappears so, in the other world, the celestials with Indra as their chief, forsake him who hath lost his righteousness.' Ashtaka said, 'I am extremely anxious to know how in the other world men can lose virtue. Tell me also, O king, what regions are attainable by what courses of action. Thou art acquainted, I know, with the acts and sayings of great beings." > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 1.85.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.85.2) - [Next: 1.85.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.85.4) - [Up: 1.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.85) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.1.90.2) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.90.3) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.1.84.3) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.1.90.3) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.39.3) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.85.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.85.3) · Pramāṇa