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# The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.95.32

Mahābhārata 13.95.32

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [13.95.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.95.32)

yātudhānyuvāca |  
nāmanairuktametatte duḥkhavyābhāṣitākṣaram |  
naitaddhārayituṃ śakyaṃ gacchāvatara padminīm || 32 ||

> "Yatudhani said, 'The etymological explanation thou hast given me of thy name is perfectly incomprehensible to me, in consequence of the many inflections the root has undergone. Go and plunge into this lake filled with lotuses!'"  
> — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

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## Translations (1)

- [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.13.93.45) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English

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