[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) › 3.181.41 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 3.181.41 Mahābhārata 3.181.41 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.181.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.181.41) svargaṃ paraṃ puṇyakṛtāṃ nivāsaṃ krameṇa saṃprāpsyatha karmabhiḥ svaiḥ | mā bhūdviśaṅkā tava kauravendra dṛṣṭvātmanaḥ kleśamimaṃ sukhārha || 41 || > Ye, who are so valiant, and engaged in asceticism, self-restraining exercises, and religious ordinances, and fond of exertion, after having performed great deeds and gratified the gods and Rishis and the Pitris, ye will at last in due course attain by your own acts the supreme region--the abode of all virtuous men! O ornament of Kuru's race, may no doubts cross thy mind on account of these thy sufferings, for this affliction is for thy good!" > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 3.181.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.181.40) - [Next: 3.182.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.182.1) - [Up: 3.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.181) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.3.182.6.5) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.3.183.95) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.3.186.43) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.3.183.95) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.181.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.181.41) · Pramāṇa