[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) › 12.185.7 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 12.185.7 Mahābhārata 12.185.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.185.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.12.185.7) bharadvāja uvāca | asmāllokātparo lokaḥ śrūyate nopalabhyate | tamahaṃ jñātumicchāmi tadbhavānvaktumarhati || 7 || > "Bharadwaja said, 'Beyond this region (that we inhabit) there is a region that we have heard of but never seen. I desire to know all about it. It behoveth thee to describe it to me.' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 12.185.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.12.185.6) - [Next: 12.185.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.12.185.8) - [Up: 12.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.12.185) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.12.192.3) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.12.192.7) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.12.190.7) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.12.192.7) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.12.185.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.12.185.7) · Pramāṇa