[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) › 6.19.1 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.19.1 Mahābhārata 6.19.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.19.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.19.1) dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | akṣauhiṇyo daśaikāṃ ca vyūḍhāṃ dṛṣṭvā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | kathamalpena sainyena pratyavyūhata pāṇḍavaḥ || 1 || > Dhritarashtra said,--"Beholding our ten and one Akshauhinis arrayed in order of battle, how did Yudhishthira, the son of Pandu, make his counter-array with his forces smaller in number? How did Kunti's son, O Sanjaya, form his counter-array against that Bhishma who was acquainted with all kinds of arrays, viz., human, celestial, Gandharva, and Asura?" > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 6.18.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.18.18) - [Next: 6.19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.19.2) - [Up: 6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.19) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.19.1) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.19.1) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.19.1) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.19.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.19.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.19.1) · Pramāṇa