[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) › 6.25.5 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.25.5 Mahābhārata 6.25.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.25.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.25.5) na hi kaścitkṣaṇamapi jātu tiṣṭhatyakarmakṛt | kāryate hyavaśaḥ karma sarvaḥ prakṛtijairguṇaiḥ || 5 || > Verily none can ever rest for even an instant, without performing action; for all are made to act, helplessly indeed, by the Gunas, born of Prakriti. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita - [Previous: 6.25.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.25.4) - [Next: 6.25.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.25.6) - [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.3.5) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.27.2.1) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (5) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.27.5) — 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.6.27.5) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.27.5) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.3.5) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Critical Studies in the Mahābhārata (V. S. Sukthankar Memorial Edition, Vol. I)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.sukthankar-1944.c7.s1.9) — V. S. Sukthankar, English - [The Great Epic of India: Its Character and Origin](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.hopkins-1901.c11.s1.47) — E. W. Hopkins, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.25.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.25.5) · Pramāṇa