[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) › 3.259.34 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 3.259.34 Mahābhārata 3.259.34 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.259.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.259.34) vimānaṃ puṣpakaṃ tasya jahārākramya rāvaṇaḥ | śaśāpa taṃ vaiśravaṇo na tvāmetadvahiṣyati || 34 || > "Markandeya continued, 'Having obtained this boon, the Ten-headed Rakshasa defeated Kuvera in battle and obtained from him the sovereignty of Lanka. That adorable Being, leaving Lanka and followed by Gandharvas, Yakshas, Rakshas, and Kinnaras, went to live on mount Gandhamadana. And Ravana forcibly took from him the celestial chariot Pushpaka. And upon this Vaisravana cursed him, saying, 'This chariot shall never carry thee; it shall bear him who will slay thee in battle! And as thou hast insulted me, thy elder brother, thou shalt soon die!' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 3.259.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.259.33) - [Next: 3.259.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.259.35) - [Up: 3.259](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.259) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.3.273.3) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.3.276.34) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.3.275.34) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Rāmopākhyāna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.ramopakhyana) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.259.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.259.34) · Pramāṇa