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# The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.24.9

Mahābhārata 6.24.9

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.24.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.24.9)

saṃjaya uvāca |  
evamuktvā hṛṣīkeśaṃ guḍākeśaḥ paraṃtapa |  
na yotsya iti govindamuktvā tūṣṇīṃ babhūva ha || 9 ||

> Sanjaya said,--Having said this unto Hrishikesa, that chastiser of foes-Gudakesa--(once more) addressed Govinda, saying,--'I will not fight,'--and then remained silent. Unto him overcome by despondency, Hrishikesa, in the midst of the two armies, said.  
> — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

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## Translations (2)

- [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.26.4) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English
- [Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-swarupananda.2.9) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.9) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (2)

- [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.26.9) — Sanskrit
- [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.26.9) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.2.9) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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