[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) › 5.17.5 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 5.17.5 Mahābhārata 5.17.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.17.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.17.5) śalya uvāca | pūjitaṃ copaviṣṭaṃ tamāsane munisattamam | paryapṛcchata deveśaḥ prahṛṣṭo brāhmaṇarṣabham || 5 || > "Salya continued, 'Indra, well-pleased, began to question that best of saints and greatest of Brahmanas when he was seated on a seat after receiving due honours, thus, O revered saint, O best of Brahmanas, I wish to have it recited by thee how Nahusha of vicious soul was hurled from heaven.' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 5.17.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.17.4) - [Next: 5.17.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.17.6) - [Up: 5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.17) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.5.17.3) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.5.17.5) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.5.17.5) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.17.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.17.5) · Pramāṇa