[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) › [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) › [Bharatabhavadipa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha) › 6.26.13 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.26.13 Bhāratabhāvadīpa 6.26.13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.26.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.13) yadyapyevaṃ tathāpīṣṭadehaviyogajaḥ śoko bhavatyevetyāśaṅkyāha dehina iti | dehau sthūlasūkṣmau vidyete asya sa dehī cidātmā tasya yathāsmin sthūlaśarīre kaumārādyavasthāsu dehabhede'pi eka evāhaṃ bāla āsamidānīṃ vṛddho'smītyabhedapratyabhijñānādaikyaṃ bālādiśarīrebhyo'nyatvaṃ ca vyāvṛttebhyo'nuvṛttaṃ bhinnaṃ kusumebhyaḥ sūtramiveti nyāyāt | evaṃ dehāntaraprāptirapi sthūlāccharīrādanyeṣāṃ liṅgaśarīrāṇāṃ sūkṣmāṇāṃ sthūlaśarīrānukāriṇāṃ prāptiḥ | ayamarthaḥ yathā ekamapi sthūlaṃ śarīraṃ kaumārādyavasthābhedādanekarūpam evaṃ nityamapi liṅgaśarīraṃ prāṇikarmabhedātsuranaratiryagādyavasthābhedādanekaṃ bhavati | tataścoktanyāyena sthūlādivatsūkṣmādapi śarīrādātmā vivikta eva | evaṃ ca śokādidharmiṇo liṅgādapi vibhinnasya tava iṣṭaviyogajaḥ śoko'pi na yuktaḥ | ataeva tatra tasminviṣaye dhīro na muhyati | ābhimānikau śokamohau dehadvayābhimānatyāgāddhīraṃ na bādhete | atastvamapi dhīro bhaveti bhāvaḥ | pūrvaślokayorgatāsūniti vayamiti ca bahuvacanamuupādhibhedābhiprāyam | atra tu dehina ityekavacanamupadheyacidātmaikyābhiprāyamiti jñeyam | tathā ca śrutirekasyātmana aupādhikaṃ bhedamāha- “yathā hyayaṃ jyotirātmā vivasvānapo bhinnā bahudhaiko'nugacchan | upādhinā kriyate bhedarūpo devaḥ kṣetreṣvevamajo'yamātmā” iti | kṣetreṣu vakṣyamāṇalakṣaṇeṣu sthūlasūkṣmadehadvayātmakeṣu | “eko devaḥ sarvabhūteṣu gūḍhaḥ sarvavyāpī sarvabhūtāntarātmā” iti ca | ekatvācca vibhutvamapyasya siddham | tena dehādīnāmanityānāmavibhūnāṃ ca parābhimatamātmatvaṃ pratyākhyātaṃ veditavyam | || - [Previous: 6.26.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.12) - [Next: 6.26.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.14) - [Up: 6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.24.13) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.13) · Pramāṇa