[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) › 13.96.30 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.96.30 Mahābhārata 13.96.30 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [13.96.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.96.30) nārada uvāca | gūḍho'jñānī bahiḥ śāstraṃ paṭhatāṃ visvaraṃ padam | garīyaso'vajānātu yaste harati puṣkaram || 30 || > "Narada said, 'Let him who has stolen thy stalks be one that identifies the body with the soul! Let him study the scriptures with a preceptor that is censurable! Let him chant the Vedas, offending at each step against the rules of orthoepy! Let him disregard all his seniors!'" > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 13.96.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.96.29) - [Next: 13.96.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.96.31) - [Up: 13.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.96) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.13.94.16) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (5) - [Jñānadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!devabodha) — Devabodha, Sanskrit - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara, Sanskrit - [Lakṣaślokālaṅkāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!vadiraja) — Vādirāja, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārataṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha-mahabharatatika) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita, Sanskrit - [Lakṣābharaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!vadiraja-laksabharana) — Vādirāja Sūri, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.13.94.30) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.96.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.96.30) · Pramāṇa