[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) › 6.26.21 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.26.21 Bhāratabhāvadīpa 6.26.21 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.26.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.21) nāyaṃ hantītyetadupapādayati - vedeti | vinaṣṭum adarśanaṃ gantuṃ śīlamasyeti vināśi rajjūragatulyamupādhitrayaṃ sthūlasūkṣmakāraṇaśarīrākhyaṃ tato'nyam avināśinam | ataeva nityaṃ nāśahīnam | tatra hetuḥ ajam | janmavān hi anityaḥ ayaṃ tu ajatvānnityaścetyarthaḥ | nanu vināśinaḥ svakāryāpekṣayā nityatvaṃ ca sāṅkhyābhimate pradhāne tārkikābhimate nabhasi cāstyata uktaṃ - avyayamiti | na vyeti pūrvāvasthāṃ tyajatītyavyayamapariṇāmi | pradhānaṃ tu calaṃ guṇavṛttam iti nyāyena guṇasāmyāvasthāyāmapi pariṇamamāṇameva sarvadāstīti teṣāmabhyupagamāt | ākāśasyāpi “tasmādvā etasmādātmana ākāśaḥ sambhūtaḥ” iti utpattiśravaṇādajatvābhāvādeva nāvyayatvam | tādṛśamātmānaṃ yo veda aparokṣīkaroti sa pumān kathaṃ kena prakāreṇa kamanyaṃ ghātayati hananakriyāyāṃ pravartayati | kaṃ vā hanti | na kenacitprakāreṇa kamapi ghātayati na vā hantītyarthaḥ | dvaitābhāvāt | tathāhi śrutirvidyāvasthāyāṃ sarvakārakavyāpāraṃ niṣedhati | “yatra tvasya sarvamātmaivābhūttatkena kaṃ paśyet”- ityādi | avidyāvasthāyāmeva ca sarvakārakavyavahāraṃ darśayati |yatra hi dvaitamiva bhavati taditara itaraṃ paśyati ityādi | etena sarvakārakopamardinyā vidyāyāḥ sarvakārakasāpekṣaiḥ karmabhiḥ saha samuccayo nirastaḥ | parasparaviruddhasvabhāvatvena śītoṣṇayoriva dvayorekakāryakāritvasya rathāśvanyāyenāsambhavādityanyatra vistaraḥ | mādṛśānāṃ jñānināṃ vyutthānakāle avidyāleśānuvṛttyā ghātayitṛtvādeḥ prasaktāvapi vidyayā tasya bādhitatvādāgāmikarmaṇāmaśleṣācca na doṣaḥ | tathā ca vakṣyate “hatvāpi sa imām̐llokānna hanti na nibadhyate” iti || - [Previous: 6.26.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.20) - [Next: 6.26.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.22) - [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.6.24.21) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.21) · Pramāṇa