[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) › 13.14.1 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.14.1 Mahābhārata 13.14.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [13.14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.14.1) yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | pitāmaheśāya vibho nāmānyācakṣva śaṃbhave | babhrave viśvamāyāya mahābhāgyaṃ ca tattvataḥ || 1 || > "Yudhishthira said, 'O son of the River Ganga, thou hast heard all the names of Maheshwara, the Lord of the universe. Do thou tell us, O grandsire, all the names that are applied, O puissant one, unto Him who is called Isa and Sambhu. Do thou tell us all those names that are applied unto Him who is called Vabhru or vast, Him that has the universe for his form, Him that is the illustrious preceptor of all the deities and the Asuras, that is called Swayambhu (self-creating) and that is the cause of the origin and dissolution of the universe. Do thou tell us also of the puissance of Mahadeva.' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 13.13.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.13.6) - [Next: 13.14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.14.2) - [Up: 13.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.14) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.13.14.1) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.13.14.1) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.13.14.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.14.1) · Pramāṇa