[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) › 3.255.40 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 3.255.40 Mahābhārata 3.255.40 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.255.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.255.40) hatapravīrā ripavo bhūyiṣṭhaṃ vidrutā diśaḥ | gṛhītvā draupadīṃ rājannivartatu bhavānitaḥ || 40 || > Vaisampayana continued, "Bhimasena, thus exhorted by Arjuna of great wisdom, turning to Yudhishthira, replied, saying, 'As a great many of the enemy's warriors have been slain and as they are flying in all directions, do thou, O king, now return home, taking with thee Draupadi and the twin brothers and high-souled Dhaumya, and console the princess after getting back to our asylum! That foolish king of Sindhu I shall not let alone as long as he lives, even if he find a shelter in the internal regions or is backed by Indra himself! And Yudhishthira replied, saying, 'O thou of mighty arms remembering (our sister) Dussala and the celebrated Gandhari, thou shouldst not slay the king of Sindhu even though he is so wicked!' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 3.255.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.255.39) - [Next: 3.255.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.255.41) - [Up: 3.255](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.255) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.3.269.2) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.3.272.48) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.3.271.40) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.255.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.255.40) · Pramāṇa