[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) › 5.23.26 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 5.23.26 Mahābhārata 5.23.26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.23.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.23.26) ahaṃ paścādarjunamabhyarakṣaṃ mādrīputrau bhīmasenaśca cakre | gāṇḍīvabhṛcchatrusaṃghānudasya svastyāgamatkaccidenaṃ smaranti || 26 || > Those wicked ones having been over-powered by their enemies were afterwards liberated by Bhimasena and Arjuna, myself protecting the rear of Arjuna (in the fight that ensued) and Bhima protecting the rear of the sons of Madri, and the wielder of the Gandiva coming out unharmed from the press of battle having made a great slaughter of the hostile host,--do they remember that? It is not by a single good deed, O Sanjaya, that happiness can here be attained, when by all our endeavours we are unable to win over the son of Dhritarashtra!" > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 5.23.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.23.25) - [Next: 5.23.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.23.27) - [Up: 5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.23) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.5.23.2.4) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.5.23.27) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.5.23.27) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.5.23.27) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.23.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.23.26) · Pramāṇa