[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) › 16.2.2 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 16.2.2 Mahābhārata 16.2.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.16.2.2) vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca | ṣaṭtriṃśe'tha tato varṣe vṛṣṇīnāmanayo mahān | anyonyaṃ musalaiste tu nijaghnuḥ kālacoditāḥ || 2 || > Vaishampayana continued: "When the thirty-sixth year was reached (after the great battle) a great calamity overtook the Vrishnis. Impelled by Time, they all met with destruction in consequence of the iron bolt." > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 16.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.16.2.1) - [Next: 16.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.16.2.3) - [Up: 16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.16.2) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.16.1.5) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.16.1.13) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.16.1.13) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.16.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.16.2.2) · Pramāṇa