[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) › 13.1.41 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.1.41 Mahābhārata 13.1.41 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [13.1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.1.41) sarpa uvāca | yathā havīṃṣi juhvānā makhe vai lubdhakartvijaḥ | na phalaṃ prāpnuvantyatra paraloke tathā hyaham || 41 || > "The serpent said, 'O fowler, as the officiating priests at a sacrifice do not acquire the merit of the act by offering oblations of clarified butter to the fire, even so should I be regarded with respect as to the result in this connection.' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 13.1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.1.40) - [Next: 13.1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.1.42) - [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.13.1.20) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.13.1.48) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.13.1.48) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.1.41) · Pramāṇa