[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) › 9.2.49 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 9.2.49 Mahābhārata 9.2.49 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.2.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.2.49) vilapya suciraṃ kālaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭro'mbikāsutaḥ | dīrghamuṣṇaṃ ca niḥśvasya cintayitvā parābhavam || 49 || > Vaishampayana continued, "Even thus that king, burning with grief and deprived of relatives and kinsmen, repeatedly swooned, overwhelmed with sorrow on account of the death of his sons. Having wept for a long while, Dhritarashtra, the son of Ambika, breathed heavy and hot sighs at the thought of his defeat. Overwhelmed with sorrow, and burning with grief, that bull of Bharata's race once more enquired of his charioteer Sanjaya, the son of Gavalgana, the details of what had happened. > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 9.2.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.2.48) - [Next: 9.2.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.2.50) - [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.9.2.4) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.9.2.54) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.9.2.54) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.2.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.2.49) · Pramāṇa