[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) › 5.34.1 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 5.34.1 Mahābhārata 5.34.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.34.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.34.1) dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | jāgrato dahyamānasya yatkāryamanupaśyasi | tadbrūhi tvaṃ hi nastāta dharmārthakuśalaḥ śuciḥ || 1 || > "Dhritarashtra said, 'Tell me what may be done by a person that is sleepless and burning with anxieties, for thou alone amongst us, O child, art versed in both religion and profit. Advise me wisely, O Vidura. O thou of magnanimous heart, tell me what is thou deemest to be beneficial for Ajatasatru and what is productive of good to the Kurus. Apprehending future evils. I look back only on my previous guilt: I ask thee with anxious heart, O learned one, tell me what is exactly in Ajatasatru's mind,' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 5.33.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.33.104) - [Next: 5.34.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.34.2) - [Up: 5.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.34) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.5.34.1) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.5.34.1) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.5.34.1) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.5.34.1) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Viduranīti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.viduraniti.281) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.34.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.34.1) · Pramāṇa