[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) › 6.40.10 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.40.10 Bhāratabhāvadīpa 6.40.10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.40.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.40.10) asadgrāhān vaśyākarṣaṇanidhyañjanakāyasiddhyādisādhaneṣu asatsu asamīcīneṣu grāhā nirbandhā atyantābhiniveśāstān gṛhītvā aśucīni madyamāṃsādisāpekṣāṇi vratāni niyamaviśeṣā yeṣāṃ te tathābhūtāḥ santaḥ kumārgapravartanena pravartante jagataḥ kṣayāyeti sambandhaḥ || - [Previous: 6.40.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.40.9) - [Next: 6.40.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.40.11) - [Up: 6.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.40) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.38.10) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.40.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.40.10) · Pramāṇa