[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) › 9.2.2 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 9.2.2 Mahābhārata 9.2.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.2.2) sadhūmamiva niḥśvasya karau dhunvanpunaḥ punaḥ | vicintya ca mahārāja tato vacanamabravīt || 2 || > Vaishampayana said, "After the ladies had been dismissed, Dhritarashtra, the son of Ambika, plunged into grief greater than that which had afflicted him before, began, O monarch, to indulge in lamentations, exhaling breaths that resembled smoke, and repeatedly waving his arms, and reflecting a little, O monarch, he said these words. > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 9.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.2.1) - [Next: 9.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.2.3) - [Up: 9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.2) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.9.2.2) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.9.2.2) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.9.2.2) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.9.2.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.2.2) · Pramāṇa