[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) › 3.281.53 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 3.281.53 Mahābhārata 3.281.53 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.281.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.281.53) varātisargaḥ śataputratā mama tvayaiva datto hriyate ca me patiḥ | varaṃ vṛṇe jīvatu satyavānayaṃ tavaiva satyaṃ vacanaṃ bhaviṣyati || 53 || > Therefore, among other boons, I ask for this, may this Satyavan be restored to life! Deprived of my husband, I am as one dead! Without my husband, I do not wish for happiness. Without my husband, I do not wish for heaven itself. Without my husband, I do not wish for prosperity. Without my husband, I cannot make up my mind to live! Thou thyself hast bestowed on me the boon, namely, of a century of sons; yet thou takest away my husband! I ask for this boon, 'May Satyavan be restored to life, for by that thy words will be made true.'" > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 3.281.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.281.52) - [Next: 3.281.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.281.54) - [Up: 3.281](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.281) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.3.295.2.7) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.3.298.55) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.3.297.54) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.281.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.281.53) · Pramāṇa