[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) › 3.5.16 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 3.5.16 Mahābhārata 3.5.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.5.16) dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | etadvākyaṃ vidura yatte sabhāyāmiha proktaṃ pāṇḍavānprāpya māṃ ca | hitaṃ teṣāmahitaṃ māmakānāmetatsarvaṃ mama nopaiti cetaḥ || 16 || > 'Dhritarashtra said, 'These words, O Vidura, then thou hast spoken in this assembly, with reference to the Pandavas and myself, are for their good but not for ours. My mind doth not approve them. How hast thou settled all this in thy mind now? When thou hast spoken all this on behalf of the Pandavas, I perceive that thou art not friendly to me. How can I abandon my son for the sake of the sons of Pandu? Doubtless they are my sons, but Duryodhana is sprung from my body. Who then, speaking with impartiality, will ever counsel me to renounce my own body for the sake of others? O Vidura, all that thou sayest is crooked, although I hold thee in high esteem. Stay or go as thou likest. However much may she be humoured, an unchaste will forsaketh her husband.' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 3.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.5.15) - [Next: 3.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.5.17) - [Up: 3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.5) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.3.4.4) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.3.4.18) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.3.4.22) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.3.4.18) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.5.16) · Pramāṇa