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# The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.38.11

Mahābhārata 6.38.11

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.38.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.38.11)

cintāmaparimeyāṃ ca pralayāntāmupāśritāḥ |  
kāmopabhogaparamā etāvaditi niścitāḥ || 11 ||

> Beset with immense cares ending only with death, regarding gratification of lust as the highest, and feeling sure that that is all;  
> — 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.16.11) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English
- [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.40.1) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.40.11) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (2)

- [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.40.11) — Sanskrit
- [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.40.11) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (3)

- [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.16.11) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Jīvanmuktiviveka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.sastra.jivanmuktiviveka.2.51.p9) — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- [Vulgate (700 verses)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*vulgate.16.11) — Sanskrit

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