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# The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 3.5.20

Mahābhārata 3.5.20

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.5.20)

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |  
etāvaduktvā dhṛtarāṣṭro'nvapadyadantarveśma sahasotthāya rājan |  
nedamastītyatha viduro bhāṣamāṇaḥ saṃprādravadyatra pārthā babhūvuḥ || 20 ||

> "Vaisampayana said, O king, saying this Dhritarashtra rose suddenly and went into the inner apartments. And Vidura, saying 'This race is doomed' went away to where the sons of Pritha were.'"  
> — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

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## Translations (1)

- [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.3.4.5) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.3.4.22) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (2)

- [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.3.4.26) — Sanskrit
- [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.3.4.22) — Sanskrit

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