[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) › 3.178.27 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 3.178.27 Mahābhārata 3.178.27 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.178.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.178.27) etadviśeṣaṇaṃ tāta manobuddhyormayeritam | tvamapyatrābhisaṃbuddhaḥ kathaṃ vā manyate bhavān || 27 || > "The snake replied, 'Through illusion, the soul becomes subservient to the intellect. The intellect, though known to be subservient to the soul, becomes (then) the director of the latter. The intellect is brought into play by acts of perception; the mind is self-existent. The Intellect does not cause the sensation (as of pain, pleasure, &c), but the mind does. This, my son, is the difference between the mind and the intellect. You too are learned in this matter, what is your opinion?' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 3.178.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.178.26) - [Next: 3.178.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.178.28) - [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.3.180.7) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.3.181.27) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.3.183.27) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.3.181.27) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.178.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.178.27) · Pramāṇa