[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) › 12.201.1 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 12.201.1 Mahābhārata 12.201.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.201.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.12.201.1) yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | ke pūrvamāsanpatayaḥ prajānāṃ bharatarṣabha | ke carṣayo mahābhāgā dikṣu pratyekaśaḥ smṛtāḥ || 1 || > "Yudhishthira asked, 'Who were the first Prajapatis, O bull of Bharata's race? What highly-blessed Rishis are there in existence and on which points of the compass do each of them dwell?' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 12.200.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.12.200.46) - [Next: 12.201.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.12.201.2) - [Up: 12.201](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.12.201) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.12.208.1) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.12.207.1) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.12.208.1) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [The Great Epic of India: Its Character and Origin](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.hopkins-1901.c4.s8.t3.30) — E. W. Hopkins, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.12.201.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.12.201.1) · Pramāṇa