[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) › 13.95.73 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.95.73 Mahābhārata 13.95.73 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [13.95.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.95.73) sādhayitvā svayaṃ prāśeddāsye jīvatu caiva ha | vikarmaṇā pramīyeta bisastainyaṃ karoti yā || 73 || > "Ganda said, 'Let her who has stolen, the lotus-stalks be always a speaker of falsehoods! Let her always quarrel with her kinsmen! Let her bestow her daughter in marriage for a pecuniary consideration! Let her eat the food which she has cooked, alone and without sharing it with anybody! Let her pass her whole life in slavery! Indeed, let her who has stolen the lotus-stalks be quick with child in consequence of sexual congress under circumstances of guilt.'" > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 13.95.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.95.72) - [Next: 13.95.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.95.74) - [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.13.93.72) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.13.93.134) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.95.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.95.73) · Pramāṇa