[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) › 3.178.24 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 3.178.24 Mahābhārata 3.178.24 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.178.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.178.24) yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | manasaścāpi buddheśca brūhi me lakṣaṇaṃ param | etadadhyātmaviduṣāṃ paraṃ kāryaṃ vidhīyate || 24 || > "Yudhishthira said, 'Tell me the distinguishing characteristics of the mind and the intellect. The knowledge of it is ordained as the chief duty of persons meditating on the Supreme Spirit.' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 3.178.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.178.23) - [Next: 3.178.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.178.25) - [Up: 3.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.178) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.3.180.6) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.3.181.24) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.3.183.24) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.3.181.24) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.178.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.178.24) · Pramāṇa