[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) › 6.23.32 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.23.32 Mahābhārata 6.23.32 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.23.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.23.32) na kāṅkṣe vijayaṃ kṛṣṇa na ca rājyaṃ sukhāni ca | kiṃ no rājyena govinda kiṃ bhogairjīvitena vā || 32 || > Of what avail is dominion to us, of what avail are pleasures and even life, if these, O Govinda! for whose sake it is desired that empire, enjoyment and pleasure should be ours, themselves stand here in battle, having renounced life and wealth—Teachers, uncles, sons and also grandfathers, maternal uncles, fathers-in-law, grandsons, brothers-in-law, besides other kinsmen. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita - [Previous: 6.23.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.23.31) - [Next: 6.23.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.23.33) - [Up: 6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.23) ## Translations (2) - [Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-swarupananda.1.32) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.25.6) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.25.32) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.25.32) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.1.32) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vulgate (700 verses)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*vulgate.1.32) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.23.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.23.32) · Pramāṇa