[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) › 6.6.13 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.6.13 Mahābhārata 6.6.13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.6.13) nadījalapraticchannaḥ parvataiścābhrasaṃnibhaiḥ | puraiśca vividhākārai ramyairjanapadaistathā || 13 || > "'O son of Kuru's race, I will, however, describe to thee the island called Sudarsana. This island, O king, is circular and of the form of a wheel. It is covered with rivers and other pieces of water and with mountains looking like masses of clouds, and with cities and many delightful provinces. It is also full of trees furnished with flowers and fruits, and with crops of diverse kinds and other wealth. And it is surrounded on all sides with the salt ocean. As a person can see his own face in a mirror, even so is the island called Sudarsana seen in the lunar disc. Two of its parts seem to be a peepul tree, while two others look like a large hare. It is surrounded on all sides with an assemblage of every kind of deciduous plants. Besides these portions, the rest is all water. What remains I will describe to thee shortly. The rest I will speak of afterwards. Listen now to this that I describe in brief. " > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 6.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.6.12) - [Next: 6.6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.6.14) - [Up: 6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.6) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.5.3) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.5.14) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.5.14) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.5.14) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.6.13) · Pramāṇa