Mahabharata 12.69.1
Mahābhārata 12.69.1
- Language
- Sanskrit
12.69.1
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
pārthivena viśeṣeṇa kiṃ kāryamavaśiṣyate |
kathaṃ rakṣyo janapadaḥ kathaṃ rakṣyāśca śatravaḥ || 1 ||
"Yudhishthira said, 'What other special duties remain for the king to discharge? How should he protect his kingdom and how subdue his foes? How should he employ his spies? How should he inspire confidence in the four orders of his subjects, his own servants, wives, and sons, O Bharata?'
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
Discussed in (1)
- India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī — Agrawala 1953, English