[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) › [Vulgate (Nilakantha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate) › 6.26.31 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.26.31 Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text) 6.26.31 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.26.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.26.31) svadharmamapi cāvekṣya na vikampitumarhasi | dharmyāddhi yuddhācchreyo'nyatkṣattriyasya na vidyate || - [Previous: 6.26.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.26.30) - [Next: 6.26.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.26.32) - [Up: 6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.26) ## Other recensions (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.24.31) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Critical edition (BORI, Bhīṣmaparvan 23–40)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*crit.2.31) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.26.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.26.31) · Pramāṇa