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# The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.43.3

Mahābhārata 13.43.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [13.43.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.43.3)

vipula uvāca |  
brahmarṣe mithunaṃ kiṃ tatke ca te puruṣā vibho |  
ye māṃ jānanti tattvena tāṃśca me vaktumarhasi || 3 ||

> "Vipula said, 'O regenerate Rishi, who are those two whom I first saw? Who also are those other six whom I saw subsequently? All of them know me: who, indeed, are they to whom thou alludest in thy speech to me?'  
> — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

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## Translations (1)

- [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.13.43.3) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English

## Commentaries (5)

- [Jñānadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!devabodha) — Devabodha, Sanskrit
- [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara, 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.13.43.3) — Sanskrit

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