[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) › 6.37.9 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.37.9 Mahābhārata 6.37.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.37.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.37.9) śrotraṃ cakṣuḥ sparśanaṃ ca rasanaṃ ghrāṇameva ca | adhiṣṭhāya manaścāyaṃ viṣayānupasevate || 9 || > Presiding over the ear, the eye, the touch, the taste and the smell, as also the mind, He experiences objects. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita - [Previous: 6.37.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.37.8) - [Next: 6.37.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.37.10) - [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.15.9) — 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.6.39.9) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.39.9) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.39.9) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.15.9) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.37.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.37.9) · Pramāṇa