[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) › 6.24.8 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.24.8 Mahābhārata 6.24.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.24.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.24.8) na hi prapaśyāmi mamāpanudyādyacchokamucchoṣaṇamindriyāṇām | avāpya bhūmāvasapatnamṛddhaṃ rājyaṃ surāṇāmapi cādhipatyam || 8 || > I do not see anything to remove this sorrow which blasts my senses, even were I to obtain unrivalled and flourishing dominion over the earth, and mastery over the gods. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita - [Previous: 6.24.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.24.7) - [Next: 6.24.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.24.9) - [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.2.8) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.26.3) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.26.8) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.26.8) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.2.8) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vulgate (700 verses)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*vulgate.2.8) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.24.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.24.8) · Pramāṇa