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# The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.27.2

Mahābhārata 6.27.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.27.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.27.2)

śrībhagavānuvāca |  
saṃnyāsaḥ karmayogaśca niḥśreyasakarāvubhau |  
tayostu karmasaṃnyāsātkarmayogo viśiṣyate || 2 ||

> The Blessed Lord said:  
> Both renunciation and performance of action lead to freedom: of these, performance of action is superior to the renunciation of action.  
> — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita

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## Translations (2)

- [Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-swarupananda.5.2) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English
- [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.29.2.1) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.29.2) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (2)

- [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.29.2) — Sanskrit
- [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.29.2) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (2)

- [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.5.2) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Vulgate (700 verses)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*vulgate.5.2) — Sanskrit

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