Mahabharata 4.40.12
Mahābhārata 4.40.12
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- Sanskrit
4.40.12
arjuna uvāca |
bhrāturniyogājjyeṣṭhasya saṃvatsaramidaṃ vratam |
carāmi brahmacaryaṃ vai satyametadbravīmi te || 12 ||
"Arjuna said, 'I tell thee truly that I am only observing this vow for a whole year agreeable to the behest of my elder brother. O thou of mighty arms, I am not truly one of the neuter sex, but I have adopted this vow of eunuchism from subservience to another's will and from desire of religious merit. O prince, know me now to have completed my vow.'
Translations (1)
- The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English
Commentaries (4)
- Jñānadīpikā — Devabodha, Sanskrit
- Bhāratabhāvadīpa — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara, Sanskrit
- Lakṣaślokālaṅkāra — Vādirāja, Sanskrit
- Mahābhārataṭīkā — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita, Sanskrit
Other recensions (2)
- Southern recension — Sanskrit
- Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text) — Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- Critical Studies in the Mahābhārata (V. S. Sukthankar Memorial Edition, Vol. I) — Sukthankar 1944, English