[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) › 6.40.11 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.40.11 Bhāratabhāvadīpa 6.40.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.40.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.40.11) cintāṃ yogakṣemaviṣayām | pralayāntāṃ maraṇāvadhim | etāvat deha evātmā kāmabhoga eva puruṣārtha ito'nyannāsti iti niścitāḥ niścayavantaḥ | tathā ca bārhaspatyaṃ sūtraṃ “caitanyaviśiṣṭaḥ kāmaḥ puruṣaḥ” | “kāma evaikaḥ puruṣārthaḥ” iti ca || - [Previous: 6.40.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.40.10) - [Next: 6.40.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.40.12) - [Up: 6.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.40) ## Linked texts (2) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.38.11) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Bārhaspatyasūtra (fragments)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nastika.carvaka.brhaspatisutra*fragments.1.6) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.40.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.40.11) · Pramāṇa