[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) › 3.180.48 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 3.180.48 Mahābhārata 3.180.48 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.180.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.180.48) evamuktaḥ pratyuvāca mārkaṇḍeyo mahātapāḥ | kṣaṇaṃ kurudhvaṃ vipulamākhyātavyaṃ bhaviṣyati || 48 || > Vaisampayana continued, "When they had all taken their seats, Narada also, the divine saint, of purified soul, came on a visit to Pandu's sons. Him also, then, of great soul, all those foremost men of superior intellect, honoured in the prescribed form, by offering water to wash his feet, and the well-known oblation called the Arghya. Then the godlike saint, Narada, learning that they were about to hear the speech of Markandeya, expressed his assent to the arrangement. And he, the deathless, knowing what would be opportune, said smilingly, 'O saint of the Brahmana caste, speak what you were about to say unto the sons of Pandu!' Thus addressed, Markandeya, devoted to great austerities, replied, 'Wait a moment. A great deal will be narrated.' Thus addressed, the sons of Pandu, together with those twice-born ones, waited a moment, looking at that great saint, (bright) as the mid-day sun." > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 3.180.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.180.47) - [Next: 3.180.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.180.49) - [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.3.182.4) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.3.185.51) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.3.183.51) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.180.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.180.48) · Pramāṇa