[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) › 12.202.2 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 12.202.2 Mahābhārata 12.202.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.202.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.12.202.2) yaccāsya tejaḥ sumahadyacca karma purātanam | tanme sarvaṃ yathātattvaṃ prabrūhi bharatarṣabha || 2 || > "Yudhishthira said, 'O grandsire, O thou of great wisdom and invincible prowess in battle, I wish to hear in detail of Krishna who is immutable and omnipotent. O bull among men, tell me truly everything about his great energy and the great feats achieved by him in days of old. Why did that puissant one assume the form of an animal, and for achieving what particular act? Tell me all this, O mighty warrior!' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 12.202.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.12.202.1) - [Next: 12.202.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.12.202.3) - [Up: 12.202](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.12.202) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.12.209.1) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.12.208.2) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.12.209.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.12.202.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.12.202.2) · Pramāṇa