[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) › 6.37.3 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.37.3 Mahābhārata 6.37.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.37.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.37.3) na rūpamasyeha tathopalabhyate nānto na cādirna ca saṃpratiṣṭhā | aśvatthamenaṃ suvirūḍhamūlamasaṅgaśastreṇa dṛḍhena chittvā || 3 || > Its form is not here perceived as such, neither its end, nor its origin, nor its existence. Having cut asunder this firm-rooted Ashvattha with the strong axe of non-attachment,—then that Goal is to be sought for, going whither they (the wise) do not return again. I seek refuge in that Primeval Purusha whence streamed forth the Eternal Activity. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita - [Previous: 6.37.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.37.2) - [Next: 6.37.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.37.4) - [Up: 6.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.37) ## Translations (2) - [Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-swarupananda.15.3) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.39.1) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.39.3) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.39.3) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.39.3) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.15.3) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vulgate (700 verses)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*vulgate.15.3) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.37.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.37.3) · Pramāṇa