[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) › 6.25.42 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.25.42 Mahābhārata 6.25.42 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.25.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.25.42) indriyāṇi parāṇyāhurindriyebhyaḥ paraṃ manaḥ | manasastu parā buddhiryo buddheḥ paratastu saḥ || 42 || > The senses are said to be superior (to the body); the mind is superior to the senses; the intellect is superior to the mind; and that which is superior to the intellect is He (the Atman). > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita - [Previous: 6.25.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.25.41) - [Next: 6.25.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.25.43) - [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.3.42) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.27.4) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.27.42) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.27.42) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.27.42) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.3.42) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vulgate (700 verses)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*vulgate.3.42) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.25.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.25.42) · Pramāṇa