[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) › 13.45.1 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.45.1 Mahābhārata 13.45.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [13.45.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.45.1) yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | kanyāyāḥ prāptaśulkāyāḥ patiścennāsti kaścana | tatra kā pratipattiḥ syāttanme brūhi pitāmaha || 1 || > "Yudhishthira said, 'If a person, after having given dowry for a maiden, goes away, how should the maiden's father or other kinsmen who are competent to bestow her, act? Do tell me this, O grandsire!' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 13.44.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.44.54) - [Next: 13.45.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.45.2) - [Up: 13.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.45) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.13.45.1) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.13.45.1) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.13.45.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.45.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.45.1) · Pramāṇa