Mahabharata 13.37.1
Mahābhārata 13.37.1
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- Sanskrit
13.37.1
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
apūrvaṃ vā bhavetpātramatha vāpi ciroṣitam |
dūrādabhyāgataṃ vāpi kiṃ pātraṃ syātpitāmaha || 1 ||
"Yudhishthira said, 'Which amongst these three persons, O grandsire, should be regarded as the best for making gifts unto, viz., one who is a thorough stranger, or one who is living with and who has been known to the giver for a long time, or one who presents himself before the giver, coming from a long distance?'
Translations (1)
- The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English
Commentaries (4)
- Bhāratabhāvadīpa — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit
- Jñānadīpikā — Devabodha, Sanskrit
- Lakṣaślokālaṅkāra — Vādirāja, Sanskrit
- Mahābhārataṭīkā — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
- Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text) — Sanskrit