[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) › 13.10.2 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.10.2 Mahābhārata 13.10.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [13.10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.10.2) etadicchāmi tattvena vyākhyātuṃ vai pitāmaha | sūkṣmā gatirhi dharmasya yatra muhyanti mānavāḥ || 2 || > "Yudhisthira said, 'I wish to know, O royal sage, whether any fault is incurred by one who from interested or disinterested friendship imparts instructions unto a person belonging to a low order of birth! O grandsire, I desire to hear this, expounded to me in detail. The course of duty is exceedingly subtile. Men are often seen to be stupefied in respect of that course.' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 13.10.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.10.1) - [Next: 13.10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.10.3) - [Up: 13.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.10) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.13.10.1) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.13.10.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.10.2) · Pramāṇa