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# The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.36.22

Mahābhārata 6.36.22

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.36.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.36.22)

śrībhagavānuvāca |  
prakāśaṃ ca pravṛttiṃ ca mohameva ca pāṇḍava |  
na dveṣṭi saṃpravṛttāni na nivṛttāni kāṅkṣati || 22 ||

> The Blessed Lord said:  
> He who hates not the appearance of light, (the effect of Sattva), activity (the effect of Rajas), and delusion (the effect of Tamas), (in his own mind), O Pândava, nor longs for them when absent;  
> — 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.14.22) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English
- [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.38.4) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.38.22) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (2)

- [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.38.22) — Sanskrit
- [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.38.22) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (4)

- [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.14.22) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Jīvanmuktiviveka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.sastra.jivanmuktiviveka.1.22) — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- [Vulgate (700 verses)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*vulgate.14.22) — Sanskrit
- [Sāṃkhyasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.samkhya.samkhyasara.1.1.4.p15) — Vijñānabhikṣu 1550, Sanskrit

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