[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) › 6.41.40 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.41.40 Mahābhārata 6.41.40 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.41.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.41.40) yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | kathaṃ jayeyaṃ saṃgrāme bhavantamaparājitam | etanme mantraya hitaṃ yadi śreyaḥ prapaśyasi || 40 || > "Yudhishthira said, 'Therefore, O Sire, I ask thee, I bow to thee, O grandsire, how shall we, in battle, vanquish thee that art invincible? Tell me this that is for my benefit, if indeed, thou seest any good in it." > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 6.41.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.41.39) - [Next: 6.41.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.41.41) - [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.6.43.11) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.43.45) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.43.47) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.43.45) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.41.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.41.40) · Pramāṇa