[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) › 6.36.13 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.36.13 Mahābhārata 6.36.13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.36.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.36.13) aprakāśo'pravṛttiśca pramādo moha eva ca | tamasyetāni jāyante vivṛddhe kurunandana || 13 || > Darkness, inertness, miscomprehension, and delusion,—these arise when Tamas is predominant, O descendant of Kuru. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita - [Previous: 6.36.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.36.12) - [Next: 6.36.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.36.14) - [Up: 6.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.36) ## Translations (2) - [Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-swarupananda.14.13) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.38.2) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.38.13) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.38.13) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.38.13) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.14.13) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vulgate (700 verses)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*vulgate.14.13) — Sanskrit - [Svātantryadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.trika.darsana.general.svatantryadipika.53) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.36.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.36.13) · Pramāṇa