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# The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.41.79

Mahābhārata 6.41.79

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.41.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.41.79)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |  
mantrayasva mahārāja nityaṃ maddhitamuttamam |  
kāmaṃ yudhya parasyārthe varametadvṛṇomyaham || 79 ||

> "Yudhishthira said, 'Think, O king, daily of what is for my great good. Fight, according to thy pleasure, for the sake of the foe. This is the boon that I solicit.'  
> — 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.6.43.31) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English

## Other recensions (2)

- [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.43.86) — Sanskrit
- [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.43.84) — Sanskrit

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