In which epic it was told "what is here is also found elsewhere, but if not here is found nowhere else"-
U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1992
A. Ramayana
B. Mahabharata
C. Geeta
D. Rajtarangini
Answer: Mahabharata
Option b is the correct answer.
Mahabharata is a Sanskrit-language epic that narrates the story of the Kurukshetra war between the Pandavas and the Kauravas, two branches of the Kuru clan. The statement that "what is here is also found elsewhere, but if not here is found nowhere else" is found in the first chapter of the first book of the Mahabharata, called the Adi Parva. The statement is uttered by Ugrashrava Sauti, a storyteller who recites the Mahabharata to a group of sages led by Shaunaka at Naimisha Forest. The statement is meant to praise the comprehensiveness and uniqueness of the Mahabharata, which contains everything that is worth knowing in this world. The verse can be translated as: What is found here may also be found elsewhere, but what is not found here cannot be found anywhere else.