[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) › 6.25.9 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.25.9 Mahābhārata 6.25.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.25.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.25.9) yajñārthātkarmaṇo'nyatra loko'yaṃ karmabandhanaḥ | tadarthaṃ karma kaunteya muktasaṅgaḥ samācara || 9 || > The world is bound by actions other than those performed for the sake of Yajna; do thou therefore, O son of Kunti, perform action for Yajna alone, devoid of attachment. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita - [Previous: 6.25.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.25.8) - [Next: 6.25.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.25.10) - [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.3.9) — 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 (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.27.9) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.27.9) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.27.9) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.3.9) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.25.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.25.9) · Pramāṇa