[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) › 13.14.99 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.14.99 Mahābhārata 13.14.99 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [13.14.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.14.99) śakra uvāca | kaḥ punastava heturvai īśe kāraṇakāraṇe | yena devādṛte'nyasmātprasādaṃ nābhikāṅkṣasi || 99 || > "Indra said, 'What reason canst thou assign for the existence of a Supreme Being or for His being the cause of all causes?'" > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 13.14.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.14.98) - [Next: 13.14.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.14.100) - [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.13.14.10) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.13.14.192) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.14.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.14.99) · Pramāṇa