[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) › 3.258.3 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 3.258.3 Mahābhārata 3.258.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.258.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.258.3) pratyājahāra tāṃ rāmaḥ sugrīvabalamāśritaḥ | baddhvā setuṃ samudrasya dagdhvā laṅkāṃ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ || 3 || > "Markandeya said, 'O bull of the Bharata race, even Rama suffered unparalleled misery, for the evil-minded Ravana, king of the Rakshasas, having recourse to deceit and overpowering the vulture Jatayu, forcibly carried away his wife Sita from his asylum in the woods. Indeed, Rama, with the help of Sugriva, brought her back, constructing a bridge across the sea, and consuming Lanka with his keen-edged arrows.' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 3.258.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.258.2) - [Next: 3.258.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.258.4) - [Up: 3.258](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.258) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.3.272.1) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.3.275.3) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.3.274.3) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Rāmopākhyāna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.ramopakhyana) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.258.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.258.3) · Pramāṇa