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# The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.41.39

Mahābhārata 6.41.39

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.41.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.41.39)

bhīṣma uvāca |  
rājankimatra sāhyaṃ te karomi kurunandana |  
kāmaṃ yotsye parasyārthe brūhi yatte vivakṣitam || 39 ||

> "Bhishma said, 'O king, O son of Kuru's race, what aid can I render thee in this? I shall, of course, fight for (thy) foes. Tell me what thou hast to say.'  
> — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

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## Translations (1)

- [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.43.10) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.43.44) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (2)

- [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.43.46) — Sanskrit
- [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.43.44) — Sanskrit

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