[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) › 13.95.65 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.95.65 Mahābhārata 13.95.65 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [13.95.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.95.65) gautama uvāca | adhītya vedāṃstyajatu trīnagnīnapavidhyatu | vikrīṇātu tathā somaṃ bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ || 65 || > "Gotama said, 'Let him who has stolen the lotus-stalks be guilty of throwing away the Vedas after having studied them! Let him cast off the three sacred fires! Let him be a seller of the Soma (plant or juice)! Let him live with that Brahmana who resides in a village which has only one well from which water is drawn by all classes and who has married a Sudra woman!'" > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 13.95.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.95.64) - [Next: 13.95.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.95.66) - [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.13.93.69) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.13.93.126) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.95.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.95.65) · Pramāṇa