[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) › 13.93.3 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.93.3 Mahābhārata 13.93.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [13.93.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.93.3) yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | yadidaṃ tapa ityāhurupavāsaṃ pṛthagjanāḥ | tapaḥ syādetadiha vai tapo'nyadvāpi kiṃ bhavet || 3 || > "Yudhishthira said, 'Some people say that fast is a penance. Is penance really identifiable with fast or is it not so? Tell me this, O grandsire!' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 13.93.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.93.2) - [Next: 13.93.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.93.4) - [Up: 13.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.93) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.13.93.3) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (5) - [Jñānadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!devabodha) — Devabodha, Sanskrit - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara, 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.13.93.3) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.93.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.93.3) · Pramāṇa