[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) › 6.41.34 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.41.34 Mahābhārata 6.41.34 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.41.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.41.34) prīto'smi putra yudhyasva jayamāpnuhi pāṇḍava | yatte'bhilaṣitaṃ cānyattadavāpnuhi saṃyuge || 34 || > "Bhishma said, 'If, O lord of the earth, thou hadst not, in this battle come to me thus, I would have, O great king, cursed thee, O Bharata, for bringing about thy defeat. I am gratified (with thee), O son. Do battle, and obtain victory, O son of Pandu, What else may be desired by thee, obtain thou in battle. Solicit also the boon, O son of Pritha, which thou desirest to have from us. If it happens so, O great king, then defeat will not be thine. A man is the slave of wealth, but wealth is no one's slave. This is very true, O king. I have been bound by the Kauravas with (their) wealth. It is for this, O son of Kuru's race, that like a eunuch I am uttering these words, viz.,--Bound I am by the Kauravas with wealth. Battle excepted, what dost thou desire? ' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 6.41.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.41.33) - [Next: 6.41.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.41.35) - [Up: 6.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.41) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.43.8) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.43.41) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.43.39) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.41.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.41.34) · Pramāṇa