[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) › 6.25.23 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.25.23 Mahābhārata 6.25.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.25.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.25.23) yadi hyahaṃ na varteyaṃ jātu karmaṇyatandritaḥ | mama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ || 23 || > If ever I did not continue in work, without relaxation, men, O son of Prithâ, would in every way, follow in My wake. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita - [Previous: 6.25.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.25.22) - [Next: 6.25.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.25.24) - [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.3.23) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.27.2.3) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (5) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.27.23) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit - [Jñānadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!devabodha) — Devabodha, Sanskrit - [Lakṣaślokālaṅkāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!vadiraja) — Vādirāja, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārataṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha-mahabharatatika) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita, Sanskrit - [Lakṣābharaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!vadiraja-laksabharana) — Vādirāja Sūri, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.27.23) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.27.23) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.3.23) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.25.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.25.23) · Pramāṇa