[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) › 13.1.28 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.1.28 Mahābhārata 13.1.28 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [13.1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.1.28) ko nvarjunaka doṣo'tra vidyate mama bāliśa | asvatantraṃ hi māṃ mṛtyurvivaśaṃ yadacūcudat || 28 || > "The serpent said, 'O foolish Arjunaka, what fault is there of mine? I have no will of my own, and am not independent. Mrityu sent me on this errand. By his direction have I bitten this child, and not out of any anger or choice on my part. Therefore, if there be any sin in this, O fowler, the sin is his.' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 13.1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.1.27) - [Next: 13.1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.1.29) - [Up: 13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.1) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.13.1.14) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (5) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.13.1.35) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit - [Jñānadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!devabodha) — Devabodha, Sanskrit - [Lakṣaślokālaṅkāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!vadiraja) — Vādirāja, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārataṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha-mahabharatatika) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita, Sanskrit - [Lakṣābharaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!vadiraja-laksabharana) — Vādirāja Sūri, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.13.1.35) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Itihāsasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.itihasasamuccaya.2.34) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.1.28) · Pramāṇa