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# The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 7.167.8

Mahābhārata 7.167.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.167.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.7.167.8)

kurūnāpatato dṛṣṭvā dhṛṣṭadyumnasya rakṣaṇe |  
ko mantraḥ pāṇḍaveṣvāsīttanmamācakṣva saṃjaya || 8 ||

> "Dhritarashtra said, 'Tell me, O Sanjaya, what counsel was adopted by the Pandavas for the protection of Dhrishtadyumna when they saw the Kauravas once more advance to battle, rallied by Drona's son who was scorched by grief and unable to brook the slaughter of his sire?'  
> — 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.7.197.2) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.7.196.8) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (1)

- [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.7.196.8) — Sanskrit

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