[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) › 5.17.6 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 5.17.6 Mahābhārata 5.17.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.17.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.17.6) etadicchāmi bhagavankathyamānaṃ dvijottama | paribhraṣṭaḥ kathaṃ svargānnahuṣaḥ pāpaniścayaḥ || 6 || > "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: 5.17.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.17.5) - [Next: 5.17.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.17.7) - [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 ## 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.5.17.6) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.5.17.6) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.17.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.17.6) · Pramāṇa