[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) › 6.25.20 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.25.20 Mahābhārata 6.25.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.25.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.25.20) karmaṇaiva hi saṃsiddhimāsthitā janakādayaḥ | lokasaṃgrahamevāpi saṃpaśyankartumarhasi || 20 || > Verily by action alone, Janaka and others attained perfection;—also, simply with the view for the guidance of men, thou shouldst perform action. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita - [Previous: 6.25.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.25.19) - [Next: 6.25.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.25.21) - [Up: 6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.25) ## Translations (2) - [Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-swarupananda.3.20) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.27.2.2) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.27.20) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.27.20) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.3.20) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vulgate (700 verses)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*vulgate.3.20) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.25.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.25.20) · Pramāṇa