[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) › 3.1.38 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 3.1.38 Mahābhārata 3.1.38 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.1.38) guṇānpārthasya saṃsmṛtya duḥkhārtāḥ paramāturāḥ | akāmāḥ saṃnyavartanta samāgamyātha pāṇḍavān || 38 || > "Vaisampayana continued, 'Thus exhorted by Yudhishthira the just, the people in a body set up a loud wail exclaiming,--Alas, O king! And afflicted and overwhelmed with sorrow on remembering the virtues of Pritha's son, they unwillingly retraced their steps asking leave of the Pandavas. > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 3.1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.1.37) - [Next: 3.1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.1.39) - [Up: 3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.1) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.3.1.9) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.3.1.40) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.3.1.40) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.3.1.40) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.1.38) · Pramāṇa