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# The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.36.1

Mahābhārata 6.36.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.36.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.36.1)

śrībhagavānuvāca |  
paraṃ bhūyaḥ pravakṣyāmi jñānānāṃ jñānamuttamam |  
yajjñātvā munayaḥ sarve parāṃ siddhimito gatāḥ || 1 ||

> "The Holy One said, 'I will again declare (to thee) that supernal science of sciences, that excellent science, knowing which all the munis have attained to the highest perfection from (the fetters of) this body.  
> — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

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## Translations (2)

- [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.38.1) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English
- [Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-swarupananda.14.1) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.38.1) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (2)

- [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.38.1) — Sanskrit
- [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.38.1) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (3)

- [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.14.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Mahābhāratatātparyanirṇaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.dvaita.sarvamula.mahabharatatatparyanirnaya.1.2.87) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- [Vulgate (700 verses)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*vulgate.14.1) — Sanskrit

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