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# The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.47.46

Mahābhārata 13.47.46

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [13.47.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.47.46)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |  
uktaṃ te vidhivadrājanbrāhmaṇasve pitāmaha |  
itareṣāṃ tu varṇānāṃ kathaṃ viniyamo bhavet || 46 ||

> "Yudhishthira said, 'Thou hast duly said what the rules are that apply to Brahmanas. What, however, are the rules that apply to the others?'  
> — 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.13.47.5) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English

## Commentaries (5)

- [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.13.47.46) — 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.13.47.46) — Sanskrit

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