[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) › 13.4.11 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.4.11 Mahābhārata 13.4.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [13.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.4.11) ṛcīka uvāca | kiṃ prayacchāmi rājendra tubhyaṃ śulkamahaṃ nṛpa | duhiturbrūhyasaṃsakto mātrābhūtte vicāraṇā || 11 || > "Richika said, 'What dower, O king, shall I offer thee for the hand of thy daughter? Tell me truly, without feeling any hesitation in the matter. Gadhi said,--'O descendant of Bhrigu, do thou give me a thousand horses fleet as the wind, and possessing the hue of moon-beams, and each having one ear black.' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 13.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.4.10) - [Next: 13.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.4.12) - [Up: 13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.4) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.13.4.2) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (5) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.13.4.11) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit - [Jñānadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!devabodha) — Devabodha, Sanskrit - [Lakṣaślokālaṅkāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!vadiraja) — Vādirāja, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārataṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha-mahabharatatika) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita, Sanskrit - [Lakṣābharaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!vadiraja-laksabharana) — Vādirāja Sūri, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.13.4.11) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c44.43) — K. P. Jayaswal, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.4.11) · Pramāṇa