[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) › 13.13.1 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.13.1 Mahābhārata 13.13.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [13.13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.13.1) yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | kiṃ kartavyaṃ manuṣyeṇa lokayātrāhitārthinā | kathaṃ vai lokayātrāṃ tu kiṃśīlaśca samācaret || 1 || > "Yudhishthira said, 'What should a man do in order to pass pleasantly through this and the other world. How, indeed, should one conduct oneself? What practices should one adopt with this end in view?' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 13.12.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.12.49) - [Next: 13.13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.13.2) - [Up: 13.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.13) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.13.13.1) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.13.13.1) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.13.13.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.13.1) · Pramāṇa