[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) › 3.7.17 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 3.7.17 Mahābhārata 3.7.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.7.17) evamuktastu viduro dhīmānsvajanavatsalaḥ | yudhiṣṭhirasyānumate punarāyādgajāhvayam || 17 || > Vaisampayana continued, 'Thus addressed by Sanjaya, the intelligent Vidura, ever attached to his relatives, with the permission of Yudhishthira returned to the city named after the elephant. And after he had approached the king, Dhritarashtra of great energy, the son of Amvika, addressed him, saying, 'From my good luck alone, O Vidura, thou, O sinless one, of conversant with morality, hast come here remembering me! > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 3.7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.7.16) - [Next: 3.7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.7.18) - [Up: 3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.7) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.3.6.3) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (5) - [Jñānadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!devabodha) — Devabodha, Sanskrit - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara, Sanskrit - [Lakṣaślokālaṅkāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!vadiraja) — Vādirāja, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārataṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha-mahabharatatika) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita, Sanskrit - [Lakṣābharaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!vadiraja-laksabharana) — Vādirāja Sūri, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.3.6.18) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.3.6.18) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v2.c7.s2.t16.32) — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.7.17) · Pramāṇa