The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 12.177.2
Mahābhārata 12.177.2
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- Sanskrit
12.177.2
yadāsṛjatsahasrāṇi bhūtānāṃ sa mahāmatiḥ |
pañcānāmeva bhūtatvaṃ kathaṃ samupapadyate || 2 ||
"Bharadwaja said, 'When the high-souled Brahman has created thousands of creatures, why is it that only these five elements which he created first, which pervade all the universe and which are great creatures, have come to have the name of creatures applied to them exclusively?'
Translations (1)
- The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English
Commentaries (1)
- Bhāratabhāvadīpa — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit
Other recensions (2)
- Southern recension — Sanskrit
- Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text) — Sanskrit