[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) › 3.3.1 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 3.3.1 Mahābhārata 3.3.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.3.1) vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca | śaunakenaivamuktastu kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | purohitamupāgamya bhrātṛmadhye'bravīdidam || 1 || > "Vaisampayana said, 'Yudhishthira the son of Kunti, thus addressed by Saunaka, approached his priest and in the midst of his brothers said, 'The Brahmanas versed in the Vedas are following me who am departing for the forest. Afflicted with many calamities I am unable to support them. I cannot abandon them, nor have I the power to offer them sustenance: Tell me, O holy one, what should be done by me in such a pass.' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 3.2.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.2.79) - [Next: 3.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.3.2) - [Up: 3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.3) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.3.3.1) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.3.3.1) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.3.3.1) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.3.3.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.3.1) · Pramāṇa