[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) › 13.1.72 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.1.72 Mahābhārata 13.1.72 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [13.1.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.1.72) mayā ca tatkṛtaṃ karma yenāyaṃ me mṛtaḥ sutaḥ | yātu kālastathā mṛtyurmuñcārjunaka pannagam || 72 || > "Gautami said, 'Neither Kala, nor Mrityu, nor the serpent, is the cause in this matter. This child has met with death as the result of its own Karma. I too so acted (in the past) that my son has died (as its consequence). Let now Kala and Mrityu retire from this place, and do thou too, O Arjunaka, release this serpent.' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 13.1.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.1.71) - [Next: 13.1.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.1.73) - [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.13.1.31) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.13.1.79) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.13.1.79) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Itihāsasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.itihasasamuccaya.2.74) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.1.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.1.72) · Pramāṇa