[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) › 6.28.44 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.28.44 Mahābhārata 6.28.44 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.28.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.28.44) pūrvābhyāsena tenaiva hriyate hyavaśo'pi saḥ | jijñāsurapi yogasya śabdabrahmātivartate || 44 || > By that previous practice alone, he is borne on in spite of himself. Even the enquirer after Yoga rises superior to the performer of Vedic actions. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita - [Previous: 6.28.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.28.43) - [Next: 6.28.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.28.45) - [Up: 6.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.28) ## Translations (2) - [Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-swarupananda.6.44) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.30.5) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.30.44) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.30.44) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.30.44) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.6.44) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vulgate (700 verses)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*vulgate.6.44) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.28.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.28.44) · Pramāṇa