[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) › 5.23.9 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 5.23.9 Mahābhārata 5.23.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.23.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.23.9) kaccidrājā dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ saputro vaicitravīryaḥ kuśalī mahātmā | mahārājo bāhlikaḥ prātipeyaḥ kaccidvidvānkuśalī sūtaputra || 9 || > "Yudhishthira said, 'O Sanjaya, the son of Gavalgana, hath thy journey here been safe? We are pleased with thy sight. I ask thee in return how thou art. I am, O learned man, in excellent health with my younger brothers. O Suta, after a long while do I now receive news of the aged king of the Kurus, that descendant of Bharata. Having seen thee, O Sanjaya, I feel as if I have seen the king himself, so pleased I am! Is our aged grandsire Bhishma, the descendant of Kuru, endued with great energy and the highest wisdom and always devoted to the practices of his own order, O sire, in health? I hope he still retains all his former habits. I hope the high-souled king Dhritarashtra, the so-n of Vichitravirya, is in health with his sons. I hope the great king Vahlika, the son of Pratipa, endued with great learning, is also in health. I hope, O sire, that Somadatta is in health, and Bhurisravas, and Satyasandha, and Sala, and Drona with his son, and the Brahmana Kripa are also well. I hope all those mighty bowmen are free from disease. O Sanjaya, all those greatest and best of bowmen, endued with the highest intelligence and versed in letters, and occupying the very top of those who wield weapons, have attached themselves to the Kurus. I hope those bowmen receive their honours due. I hope they are free from disease. How happy are they in whose kingdom dwells the mighty and handsome bowman, the well-behaved son of Drona! > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 5.23.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.23.8) - [Next: 5.23.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.23.10) - [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.5.23.2.1) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.5.23.9) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.5.23.9) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.23.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.23.9) · Pramāṇa