[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) › 3.178.3 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 3.178.3 Mahābhārata 3.178.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.178.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.178.3) yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | dānādvā sarpa satyādvā kimato guru dṛśyate | ahiṃsāpriyayoścaiva gurulāghavamucyatām || 3 || > "Yudhishthira enquired, 'Which, O snake, is the higher of the two, truth or alms-giving? Tell me also the greater or less importance of kind behaviour and of doing injury to no creature.' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 3.178.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.178.2) - [Next: 3.178.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.178.4) - [Up: 3.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.178) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.3.180.3) — 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 (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.3.183.3) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.3.181.3) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.178.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.178.3) · Pramāṇa