[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) › [The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) › 12.180.2 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 12.180.2 Mahābhārata 12.180.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.180.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.12.180.2) na śarīrāśrito jīvastasminnaṣṭe praṇaśyati | yathā samitsu dagdhāsu na praṇaśyati pāvakaḥ || 2 || > "Bhrigu said, 'There is no destruction of the living creature, or of what is given, or of our other acts. The creature that dies only goes into another form. The body along dissolves away. The living creature, though depending upon the body, does not meet with destruction when the body is destroyed. It is not seen after the destruction of the physical frame just as fire is not seen after the consumption of the fuel with which it was ignited.' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 12.180.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.12.180.1) - [Next: 12.180.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.12.180.3) - [Up: 12.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.12.180) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.12.187.1) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.12.187.2) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.12.185.2) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.12.187.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.12.180.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.12.180.2) · Pramāṇa