[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) › 3.2.48 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 3.2.48 Mahābhārata 3.2.48 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.2.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.2.48) yudhiṣṭhiraivamartheṣu na spṛhāṃ kartumarhasi | dharmeṇa yadi te kāryaṃ vimukteccho bhavārthataḥ || 48 || > And as regards those that pursue wealth for purposes of virtue, it is better for them to refrain altogether from such pursuit, for, surely, it is better not to touch mire at all than to wash it off after having been besmeared with it. And, O Yudhishthira, it behoveth thee not to covet anything! And if thou wouldst have virtue, emancipate thyself from desire of worldly possessions!' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 3.2.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.2.47) - [Next: 3.2.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.2.49) - [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.3.2.6.5) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.3.2.50) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.3.2.50) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.3.2.50) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.2.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.2.48) · Pramāṇa