[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) › 13.95.55 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.95.55 Mahābhārata 13.95.55 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [13.95.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.95.55) ta uktvā bāḍhamityeva sarva eva śunaḥsakham | kṣudhārtāḥ supariśrāntāḥ śapathāyopacakramuḥ || 55 || > "Bhishma continued, 'Those foremost of regenerate persons, suspecting one another, O crusher of foes, said, 'We shall each have to swear to our innocence! All those ascetics then, famishing with hunger and worn out with exertion, agreeing to the proposal, took these oaths.' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 13.95.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.95.54) - [Next: 13.95.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.95.56) - [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.13.93.63) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.13.93.116) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.95.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.95.55) · Pramāṇa