[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) › 6.37.8 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.37.8 Mahābhārata 6.37.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.37.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.37.8) śarīraṃ yadavāpnoti yaccāpyutkrāmatīśvaraḥ | gṛhītvaitāni saṃyāti vāyurgandhānivāśayāt || 8 || > When the Lord obtains a body and when He leaves it, He takes these and goes, as the wind takes the scents from their seats (the flowers). > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita - [Previous: 6.37.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.37.7) - [Next: 6.37.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.37.9) - [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.15.8) — 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.6.39.8) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.39.8) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.39.8) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.15.8) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vulgate (700 verses)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*vulgate.15.8) — Sanskrit - [Nyāyasiddhāñjana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.visistadvaita.vadakalai.nyayasiddhanjana.p121) — Vedāntadeśika, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.37.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.37.8) · Pramāṇa