[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) › 6.6.2 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.6.2 Mahābhārata 6.6.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.6.2) pramāṇaṃ ca pramāṇajña pṛthivyā api sarvaśaḥ | nikhilena samācakṣva kānanāni ca saṃjaya || 2 || > "Dhritarashtra said,--'The names of rivers and mountains, O Sanjaya, as also of provinces, and all other things resting on the earth, and their dimensions, O thou that are acquainted with the measures of things of the earth in its entirety and the forests, O Sanjaya, recount to me in detail.' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 6.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.6.1) - [Next: 6.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.6.3) - [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.6.5.1) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.5.2) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.5.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.6.2) · Pramāṇa