[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) › 3.79.1 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 3.79.1 Mahābhārata 3.79.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.79.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.79.1) janamejaya uvāca | bhagavankāmyakātpārthe gate me prapitāmahe | pāṇḍavāḥ kimakurvanta tamṛte savyasācinam || 1 || > Janamejaya said, "O holy one, after my great-grandfather Partha had gone away from the woods of Kamyaka, what did the sons of Pandu do in the absence of that hero capable of drawing the bow with his left hand? It seemeth to me that mighty bowman and vanquisher of armies was their refuge, as Vishnu of the celestials. How did my heroic grandsires pass their time in the forest, deprived of the company of that hero, who resembled Indra himself in prowess and never turned his back in battle?" > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 3.78.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.78.23) - [Next: 3.79.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.79.2) - [Up: 3.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.79) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.3.80.2) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.3.80.1) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.3.78.1) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.3.80.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.79.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.79.1) · Pramāṇa