[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) › 13.9.1 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.9.1 Mahābhārata 13.9.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [13.9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.9.1) yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | brāhmaṇānāṃ tu ye loke pratiśrutya pitāmaha | na prayacchanti mohātte ke bhavanti mahāmate || 1 || > "Yudhisthira said, 'O grandsire, O thou of great splendour, what do those men become who, through stupefaction of intellect, do not make gifts unto Brahmanas after having promised to make those gifts? O thou that art the foremost of all righteous persons, do tell me what the duties are in this respect. Indeed, what becomes the end of those wicked wights that do not give after having promised to give.'" > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 13.8.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.8.28) - [Next: 13.9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.9.2) - [Up: 13.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.9) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.13.9.1) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (5) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.13.9.1) — 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.13.9.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.9.1) · Pramāṇa