[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) › 6.26.17 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.26.17 Mahābhārata 6.26.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.26.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.26.17) karmaṇo hyapi boddhavyaṃ boddhavyaṃ ca vikarmaṇaḥ | akarmaṇaśca boddhavyaṃ gahanā karmaṇo gatiḥ || 17 || > For verily, (the true nature) even of action (enjoined by the Shâstras) should be known, as also, (that) of forbidden action, and of inaction: the nature of Karma is impenetrable. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita - [Previous: 6.26.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.26.16) - [Next: 6.26.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.26.18) - [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.4.17) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.28.3.2) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.28.17) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.28.17) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.28.17) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.4.17) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Yogasārasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.yoga.yogasarasamuccaya.2.11) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (700 verses)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*vulgate.4.17) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.26.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.26.17) · Pramāṇa