[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) › 9.45.29 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 9.45.29 Mahābhārata 9.45.29 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.45.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.45.29) etāścānyāśca bahavo mātaro bharatarṣabha | kārttikeyānuyāyinyo nānārūpāḥ sahasraśaḥ || 29 || > These and many other mothers, O bull of Bharata's race, numbering by thousands, of diverse forms, became the followers of Kartikeya. Their nails were long, their teeth were large and their lips also, O Bharata, were protruding. Of straight forms and sweet features, all of them, endowed with youth, were decked with ornaments. Possessed of ascetic merit, they were capable of assuming any form at will. Having not much flesh on their limbs, they were of fair complexions and endued with splendour like that of gold. Some amongst them were dark and looked like clouds in hue and some were of the colour of smoke, O bull of Bharata's race. And some were endued with the splendour of the morning sun and were highly blessed. Possessed of long tresses, they were clad in robes of white. The braids of some were tied upwards, and the eyes of some were tawny, and some had girdles that were very long. Some had long stomachs, some had long ears, and some had long breasts. Some had coppery eyes and coppery complexion, and the eyes of some were green. > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 9.45.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.45.28) - [Next: 9.45.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.45.30) - [Up: 9.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.45) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.9.46.3) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.9.47.31) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.45.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.45.29) · Pramāṇa