[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) › 6.27.21 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.27.21 Mahābhārata 6.27.21 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.27.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.27.21) bāhyasparśeṣvasaktātmā vindatyātmani yatsukham | sa brahmayogayuktātmā sukhamakṣayamaśnute || 21 || > With the heart unattached to external objects, he realises the joy that is in the Self. With the heart devoted to the meditation of Brahman, he attains un-decaying happiness. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita - [Previous: 6.27.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.27.20) - [Next: 6.27.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.27.22) - [Up: 6.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.27) ## Translations (2) - [Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-swarupananda.5.21) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.29.2.3) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.29.21) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.29.21) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.29.21) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.5.21) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vulgate (700 verses)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*vulgate.5.21) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.27.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.27.21) · Pramāṇa