[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) › 6.26.5 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.26.5 Bhāratabhāvadīpa 6.26.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.26.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.5) nanu yuddhodyatānāṃ gurūṇāmapi vadhaḥ śreyānityāśaṅkyāha - gurūniti | yadyapi tvaduktaṃ praśastameva tathāpi mahānubhāvān gurūnahatvā bhaikṣameva bhoktuṃ śreyaḥ praśastataram | evaṃ tarhi gurūṃstyaktvā duryodhanādīneva duṣṭān jahītyāśaṅkyāha - arthakāmāniti | dhanārthino guravo'vaśyaṃ duryodhanasāhāyyaṃ kariṣyanti tena tadvadho'pi prasakta evetyarthaḥ | tuśabdaḥ pakṣāntaropanyāsārthaḥ | ihaiva na tu paraloke | bhuñjīyeti sampraśne liṅ | gurūnahatvā bhaikṣaṃ śreyaḥ uta hatvā bhogasampādanaṃ śreya iti sampraśne svayamevāntyapakṣe dūṣaṇamāha - rudhirapradigdhāniti || - [Previous: 6.26.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.4) - [Next: 6.26.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.6) - [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.6.24.5) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.5) · Pramāṇa