[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) › 5.22.39 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 5.22.39 Mahābhārata 5.22.39 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.22.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.22.39) yadyattatra prāptakālaṃ parebhyastvaṃ manyethā bhāratānāṃ hitaṃ ca | tattadbhāṣethāḥ saṃjaya rājamadhye na mūrchayedyanna bhavecca yuddham || 39 || > Possessed of great learning, he is ever devoted to their cause. Thou wilt also enquire about the welfare of all the assembled sons of Pandu and the Srinjayas and Satyaki and Virata and all the five sons of Draupadi, professing to be a messenger from me. And whatsoever also thou mayst deem to be opportune, and beneficial for the Bharata race, all that, O Sanjaya, thou must say in the midst of those kings,--everything, in sooth, that may not be unpalatable or provocative of war.' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 5.22.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.22.38) - [Next: 5.23.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.23.1) - [Up: 5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.22) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.5.22.1.7) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.5.22.40) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.5.22.40) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.5.22.40) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.22.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.22.39) · Pramāṇa