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# The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 5.33.8

Mahābhārata 5.33.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.33.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.33.8)

viduro'haṃ mahāprājña saṃprāptastava śāsanāt |  
yadi kiṃcana kartavyamayamasmi praśādhi mām || 8 ||

> "Vaisampayana continued, 'Having entered Dhritarashtra's chamber, Vidura said with joined hands unto that ruler of men who was then plunged in thought, 'O thou of great wisdom, I am Vidura, arrived here at thy command. If there is anything to be done, here I am, command me!'  
> — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

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## Translations (1)

- [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.5.33.3) — 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.5.33.8) — Sanskrit
- [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.5.33.8) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Viduranīti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.viduraniti.23) — Sanskrit

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