[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) › 13.91.1 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.91.1 Mahābhārata 13.91.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [13.91.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.91.1) yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | kena saṃkalpitaṃ śrāddhaṃ kasminkāle kimātmakam | bhṛgvaṅgirasake kāle muninā katareṇa vā || 1 || > "Yudhishthira said, 'By whom was the Sraddha first conceived and at what time? What also is its essence? During the time when the world was peopled by only the descendants of Bhrigu and Angiras; who was the muni that established the Sraddha? What acts should not be done at Sraddha? What are those Sraddhas in which fruits and roots are to be offered? What species' also of paddy should be avoided in Sraddhas? Do thou tell me all this, O grandsire!' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 13.90.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.90.47) - [Next: 13.91.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.91.2) - [Up: 13.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.91) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.13.91.1) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.13.91.1) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.13.91.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.91.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.91.1) · Pramāṇa