[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) › 6.40.7 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.40.7 Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text) 6.40.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.40.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.40.7) pravṛttiṃ ca nivṛttiṃ ca janā na vidurāsurāḥ | na śaucaṃ nāpi cācāro na satyaṃ teṣu vidyate || - [Previous: 6.40.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.40.6) - [Next: 6.40.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.40.8) - [Up: 6.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.40) ## Other recensions (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.38.7) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Critical edition (BORI, Bhīṣmaparvan 23–40)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*crit.16.7) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.40.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.40.7) · Pramāṇa