<!-- Pramāṇa, a library of Indian primary sources · https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.2.10 -->

[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) › 3.2.10

# The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 3.2.10

Mahābhārata 3.2.10

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.2.10)

brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ |  
asmatpoṣaṇajā cintā mā bhūtte hṛdi pārthiva |  
svayamāhṛtya vanyāni anuyāsyāmahe vayam || 10 ||

> "The Brahmanas said, 'Let no anxiety, O king, in respect of our maintenance, find a place in thy heart! Ourselves providing our own food, we shall follow thee, and by meditation and saying our prayers we shall compass thy welfare while by pleasant converse we shall entertain thee and be cheered ourselves.'  
> — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

- [Previous: 3.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.2.9)
- [Next: 3.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.2.11)
- [Up: 3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.2)

## Translations (1)

- [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.3.2.4) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English

## Other recensions (2)

- [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.3.2.10) — Sanskrit
- [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.3.2.10) — Sanskrit

---
Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.2.10) · Pramāṇa
