[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) › 3.2.6 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 3.2.6 Mahābhārata 3.2.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.2.6) anukampāṃ hi bhakteṣu daivatānyapi kurvate | viśeṣato brāhmaṇeṣu sadācārāvalambiṣu || 6 || > "The Brahmanas replied, 'O king, our path is even that on which ye are for setting out! It behoveth thee not, therefore, to forsake us who are thy devoted admirers practising the true religion! The very gods have compassion upon their worshippers,--specially upon Brahmanas of regulated lives!' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 3.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.2.5) - [Next: 3.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.2.7) - [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.3.2.2) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.3.2.6) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.3.2.6) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.2.6) · Pramāṇa