[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) › 6.24.45 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.24.45 Mahābhārata 6.24.45 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.24.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.24.45) traiguṇyaviṣayā vedā nistraiguṇyo bhavārjuna | nirdvaṃdvo nityasattvastho niryogakṣema ātmavān || 45 || > The Vedas deal with the three Gunas. Be thou free, O Arjuna, from the triad of the Gunas, free from the pairs of opposites, ever-balanced, free from (the thought of) getting and keeping, and established in the Self. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita - [Previous: 6.24.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.24.44) - [Next: 6.24.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.24.46) - [Up: 6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.24) ## Translations (2) - [Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-swarupananda.2.45) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.26.5.4) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.45) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.26.45) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.26.45) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.2.45) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vulgate (700 verses)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*vulgate.2.45) — Sanskrit - [Yuktiprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.vada.yuktiprakasa.1.p128) — Niścala Dāsa Svāmin 1791, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.24.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.24.45) · Pramāṇa