Mahabharata 1.87.12
Mahābhārata 1.87.12
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- Sanskrit
1.87.12
nābrāhmaṇaḥ kṛpaṇo jātu jīvedyā cāpi syādbrāhmaṇī vīrapatnī |
so'haṃ yadaivākṛtapūrvaṃ careyaṃ vivitsamānaḥ kimu tatra sādhu || 12 ||
"Yayati answered, 'O best of kings, a Brahma-knowing Brahmana alone can take in gift, but not one like ourselves. And, O monarch, I myself have given away to Brahmanas as one should. Let no man who, is not a Brahmana and let not the wife of a learned Brahmana ever live in infamy by accepting gifts. While on earth, I ever desired to perform virtuous acts. Having never done so before, how shall I now accept a gift?'
Translations (1)
- The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English
Commentaries (5)
- Bhāratabhāvadīpa — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit
- Jñānadīpikā — Devabodha, Sanskrit
- Lakṣaślokālaṅkāra — Vādirāja, Sanskrit
- Mahābhārataṭīkā — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita, Sanskrit
- Lakṣābharaṇa — Vādirāja Sūri, Sanskrit
Other recensions (2)
- Southern recension — Sanskrit
- Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text) — Sanskrit
Linked texts (2)
- Matsyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Matsya — Sanskrit