[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) › 6.20.1 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.20.1 Mahābhārata 6.20.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.20.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.20.1) dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | sūryodaye saṃjaya ke nu pūrvaṃ yuyutsavo hṛṣyamāṇā ivāsan | māmakā vā bhīṣmanetrāḥ samīke pāṇḍavā vā bhīmanetrāstadānīm || 1 || > Dhritarashtra said,--"When the Sun rose, O Sanjaya, of my army led by Bhishma and the Pandava army led by Bhima, which first cheerfully approached the other, desirous of fight? To which side were the Sun, the Moon and the wind hostile, and against whom did the beasts of prey utter inauspicious sounds? Who were those young men, the complexions of whose faces were cheerful? Tell me all these truly and duly." > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 6.19.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.19.44) - [Next: 6.20.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.20.2) - [Up: 6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.20) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.20.1) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (5) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.20.1) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit - [Jñānadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!devabodha) — Devabodha, 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.6.20.1) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.20.1) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [The Great Epic of India: Its Character and Origin](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.hopkins-1901.c12.16) — E. W. Hopkins, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.20.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.20.1) · Pramāṇa