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# The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.95.45

Mahābhārata 13.95.45

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [13.95.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.95.45)

śunaḥsakha uvāca |  
ebhiruktaṃ yathā nāma nāhaṃ vaktumihotsahe |  
śunaḥsakhasakhāyaṃ māṃ yātudhānyupadhāraya || 45 ||

> "Sunahsakha said, 'I am incapable of explaining the etymology of my name after the manner of these ascetics. But know, O Yatudhani, that I am called by the name of Sunahsakha!'  
> — 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.13.93.58) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English

## Other recensions (1)

- [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.13.93.106) — Sanskrit

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