[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) › 3.180.41 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 3.180.41 Mahābhārata 3.180.41 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.180.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.180.41) tamarcitaṃ suviśvastamāsīnamṛṣisattamam | brāhmaṇānāṃ matenāha pāṇḍavānāṃ ca keśavaḥ || 41 || > Vaisampayana said, 'O descendant of Bharata, while Krishna, the descendant of the Vrishnis and the virtuous king, were thus talking, there appeared then the saint Markandeya, grown grey in the practise of penances. And he had seen many thousand years of life, was of a pious soul, and devoted to great austerities. Signs of old age he had none; and deathless he was, and endued with beauty and generous and many good qualities. And he looked like one only twenty-five years old. And when the aged saint, who had seen many thousand years of life, came, all the Brahamanas paid their respects to him and so did Krishna together with Pandu's son. And when that wisest saint, thus honoured, took his seat in a friendly way, Krishna addressed him, in accordance with the views of the Brahmanas and of Pandu's sons, thus,-- > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 3.180.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.180.40) - [Next: 3.180.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.180.42) - [Up: 3.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.180) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.3.182.2) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.3.183.44) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.3.185.44) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.3.183.44) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.180.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.180.41) · Pramāṇa