[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) › 13.14.3 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.14.3 Mahābhārata 13.14.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [13.14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.14.3) nāmnāṃ sahasraṃ devasya taṇḍinā brahmayoninā | niveditaṃ brahmaloke brahmaṇo yatpurābhavat || 3 || > "Bhishma said, 'Thou art the Master of all the deities and the Asuras. Thou art illustrious. Thou art Vishnu in consequence of thy pervading the whole universe. It behoveth thee to discourse on those subjects connected with Siva of universal form about which Yudhishthira has asked me. In days of yore, the Rishi Tandin, sprung from Brahma, recited in Brahma's region and before Brahma himself the thousand names of Mahadeva. Do thou recite those names before this conclave so that these Rishis endued with wealth of asceticism, observant of high vows, possessed of self-restraint, and numbering the Island-born Krishna among them, may hear thee. Do thou discourse on the high blessedness of Him who is immutable, who is always cheerful and happy, who is Hotri, who is the universal Protector, who is Creator, of the universe, and who is called Mundin and Kaparddin.' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 13.14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.14.2) - [Next: 13.14.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.14.4) - [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.13.14.4) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.13.14.19) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.13.14.19) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.14.3) · Pramāṇa