[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) › 13.85.68 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.85.68 Mahābhārata 13.85.68 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [13.85.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.85.68) bhīṣma uvāca | ityuktaḥ sa vasiṣṭhena jāmadagnyaḥ pratāpavān | dadau suvarṇaṃ viprebhyo vyamucyata ca kilbiṣāt || 68 || > "Bhishma continued, 'Thus addressed by Vasishtha, Jamadagni's son of great prowess then made gifts of gold unto the Brahmanas and became cleansed of his sins. I have thus told thee, O king, everything about the merits of the gifts of gold and about its origin also, O Yudhishthira. Do thou also, therefore, make abundant gifts of gold unto the Brahmanas. Verily, O king, by making such gifts of gold, thou wilt surely be cleansed of all thy sins!'" > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 13.85.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.85.67) - [Next: 13.85.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.85.69) - [Up: 13.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.85) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.13.85.13) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.13.85.166) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.85.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.85.68) · Pramāṇa