[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) › 6.26.12 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.26.12 Mahābhārata 6.26.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.26.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.26.12) kāṅkṣantaḥ karmaṇāṃ siddhiṃ yajanta iha devatāḥ | kṣipraṃ hi mānuṣe loke siddhirbhavati karmajā || 12 || > Longing for success in action, in this world, (men) worship the gods. Because success, resulting from action, is, quickly attained in the human world. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita - [Previous: 6.26.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.26.11) - [Next: 6.26.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.26.13) - [Up: 6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.26) ## Translations (2) - [Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-swarupananda.4.12) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.28.3.1) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.28.12) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.28.12) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.28.12) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.4.12) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vulgate (700 verses)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*vulgate.4.12) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.26.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.26.12) · Pramāṇa