[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) › 6.26.18 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.26.18 Bhāratabhāvadīpa 6.26.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.26.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.18) evaṃ sata ātmano nityatvam asato dehāderanityatvaṃ coktamupasaṃharan enaṃ yuddhābhimukhaṃ karoti - antavanta iti | yadyapi ‘nāsato vidyate bhāvaḥ’ iti asatāṃ dehānāṃ kālatraye'pi sattvaṃ nāstīti paramārthadṛṣṭyā uktaṃ tathāpi tāṃ dṛṣṭimapratipadyamānasya narakādibhayamanurudhyamānasya vyavahārābhiprāyeṇa nityānityavibhāgamabhipretya dehānāmantavattvamucyata iti na doṣaḥ | nityatvaṃ kālāparicchedyatvaṃ tacca vyavahāre nabhaso'pyastītyata uktam anāśina iti | nāśaḥ adarśanaṃ tadvān hi ākāśaḥ ‘nabha ātmani līyate’ iti smṛteḥ | ayaṃ tu na tathetyanāśī | sarvadaiva prakāśamāna ityarthaḥ | etadapi na ghaṭādivaddṛśyatvenetyāha - aprameyasyeti | tathā ca śrutirātmano'prameyatvamāha ‘etadapramayaṃ dhruvam’ iti | apramayamityasyāprameyamityarthaḥ | etaccātmani pramāṇāprasarājjñeyam | tathā ca śrutiḥ “yenedaṃ sarvaṃ vijānāti taṃ kena vijānīyādvijñātāramare kena vijānīyāt” iti | prasiddhistvasya pratyagātmatvādeva | “yatsākṣādaparokṣādbrahma ya ātmā sarvāntaraḥ” iti śruteḥ | uktaṃ ca “pramāṇamapramāṇaṃ ca pramābhāsastathaiva ca | yatprasādātprasidhyanti tadasambhāvanā kutaḥ ||” iti | tasmādyudhyasva bhārata | bhīṣmādidehānāṃ mithyātvādanityatvācca svayameva naṣṭaprāyatayā hananānnivṛttyā tvayā svadharmo na nāśanīya iti bhāva || - [Previous: 6.26.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.17) - [Next: 6.26.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.19) - [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.6.24.18) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.18) · Pramāṇa