Mahabharata 12.86.1
Mahābhārata 12.86.1
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- Sanskrit
12.86.1
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
kathaṃ svidiha rājendra pālayanpārthivaḥ prajāḥ |
prati dharmaṃ viśeṣeṇa kīrtimāpnoti śāśvatīm || 1 ||
"Yudhishthira said, 'O foremost of kings, what is that method by which a king ruling his subjects may, in consequence of it, obtain great blessedness and eternal fame?'
Translations (1)
- The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English
Commentaries (4)
- Bhāratabhāvadīpa — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit
- Jñānadīpikā — Devabodha, Sanskrit
- Lakṣaślokālaṅkāra — Vādirāja, Sanskrit
- Mahābhārataṭīkā — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita, Sanskrit
Other recensions (2)
- Southern recension — Sanskrit
- Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text) — Sanskrit