[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) › 6.26.23 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.26.23 Bhāratabhāvadīpa 6.26.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.26.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.23) kīdṛśo'sau dehītyata āha - nainamiti | enaṃ śastrāṇi na chindanti na dvedhā kurvanti | asthūlatvāt | tarhi pārthivaparamāṇuvatpākajarūpādyāśrayo bhaviṣyatītyāśaṅkyāha - nainaṃ dahati pāvaka iti | anaṇutvāt | āpaścainaṃ na kledayanti asparśatvāt | sparśavaddhi dravyamadbhirārdrīkartavyaṃ na tvasparśam | na śoṣayati mārutaḥ asnehatvāt | etena “adīrghamasthūlamanaṇu”, “aśabdamasparśamarūpamavyayaṃ tathā'rasaṃ nityamagandhavacca yat” iti śrutiprasiddhānāmadīrghatvāśabdatvādīnāmapi saṅgraho jñeyaḥ || - [Previous: 6.26.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.22) - [Next: 6.26.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.24) - [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.6.24.23) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.23) · Pramāṇa