[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) › 13.95.28 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.95.28 Mahābhārata 13.95.28 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [13.95.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.95.28) yātudhānyuvāca | nāmanairuktametatte duḥkhavyābhāṣitākṣaram | naitaddhārayituṃ śakyaṃ gacchāvatara padminīm || 28 || > "Yatudhani said, 'The etymological explanation of thy name is perfectly incomprehensible to me, in as much as the inflections which the original roots have undergone are unintelligible. Rio and plunge into this lake of lotuses!'" > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 13.95.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.95.27) - [Next: 13.95.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.95.29) - [Up: 13.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.95) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.13.93.41) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.95.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.95.28) · Pramāṇa