[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) › 16.2.5 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 16.2.5 Mahābhārata 16.2.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.16.2.5) te vai sāmbaṃ puraskṛtya bhūṣayitvā striyaṃ yathā | abruvannupasaṃgamya daivadaṇḍanipīḍitāḥ || 5 || > Vaishampayana continued: "One day, the Vrishni heroes numbering Sarana amongst them, saw Vishvamitra and Kanwa and Narada arrived at Dwaraka. Afflicted by the rod of chastisement wielded by the deities, those heroes, causing Samva to be disguised like a woman, approached those ascetics and said, ‘This one is the wife of Vabhru of immeasurable energy who is desirous of having a son. Ye Rishis, do you know for certain what this one will bring forth?’ > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 16.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.16.2.4) - [Next: 16.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.16.2.6) - [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.16.1.7) — 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.16.1.16) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.61) — Johann Jakob Meyer, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.16.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.16.2.5) · Pramāṇa