[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) › 1.86.1 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.86.1 Mahābhārata 1.86.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.86.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.86.1) aṣṭaka uvāca | carangṛhasthaḥ kathameti devānkathaṃ bhikṣuḥ kathamācāryakarmā | vānaprasthaḥ satpathe saṃniviṣṭo bahūnyasminsaṃprati vedayanti || 1 || > "Ashtaka said, 'Those cognisant of the Vedas differ in opinion as to how the followers of each of the four modes of life, viz., Grihasthas, Bhikshus, Brahmacharins, and Vanaprashthas, should conduct themselves in order to acquire religious merit." > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 1.85.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.85.27) - [Next: 1.86.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.86.2) - [Up: 1.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.86) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.1.91.2) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.91.1) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.1.85.1) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.1.91.1) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.40.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.86.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.86.1) · Pramāṇa