[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) › 6.27.8 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.27.8 Mahābhārata 6.27.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.27.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.27.8) naiva kiṃcitkaromīti yukto manyeta tattvavit | paśyañśṛṇvanspṛśañjighrannaśnangacchansvapañśvasan || 8 || > The knower of Truth, (being) centred (in the Self) should think, "I do nothing at all"—though seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, going, sleeping, breathing, speaking, letting go, holding, opening and closing the eyes—convinced that it is the senses that move among sense-objects. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita - [Previous: 6.27.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.27.7) - [Next: 6.27.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.27.9) - [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.5.8) — 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 ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.29.8) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.29.8) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.5.8) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vulgate (700 verses)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*vulgate.5.8) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.27.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.27.8) · Pramāṇa