[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) › 6.41.61 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.41.61 Mahābhārata 6.41.61 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.41.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.41.61) śastraṃ cāhaṃ raṇe jahyāṃ śrutvā sumahadapriyam | śraddheyavākyātpuruṣādetatsatyaṃ bravīmi te || 61 || > "Drona said, 'The foe, O sire, I see not who may slay me while standing in battle I am engaged in fight, with wrath excited, and scattering (my) arrowy showers continually. Except when addrest for death O king, having abandoned my arms and withdrawn (in Yoga meditation) from surrounding sights, none will be able to slay me. This that I tell thee is true. I also tell thee truly that I will cast off my arms in battle, having heard something very disagreeable from some one of credible speech.--'" > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 6.41.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.41.60) - [Next: 6.41.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.41.62) - [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.6.43.23) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (5) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.43.66) — 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.6.43.68) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.43.66) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.41.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.41.61) · Pramāṇa