[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) › 6.38.16 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.38.16 Mahābhārata 6.38.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.38.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.38.16) anekacittavibhrāntā mohajālasamāvṛtāḥ | prasaktāḥ kāmabhogeṣu patanti narake'śucau || 16 || > Bewildered by many a fancy, covered by the meshes of delusion, addicted to the gratification of lust, they fall down into a foul hell. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita - [Previous: 6.38.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.38.15) - [Next: 6.38.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.38.17) - [Up: 6.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.38) ## Translations (2) - [Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-swarupananda.16.16) — 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.6.40.16) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.40.16) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.40.16) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (4) - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.16.16) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Jīvanmuktiviveka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.sastra.jivanmuktiviveka.2.51.p15) — Mādhava, Sanskrit - [Vulgate (700 verses)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*vulgate.16.16) — Sanskrit - [Garuḍapurāṇasāroddhāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garudasaroddhara.1.16) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.38.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.38.16) · Pramāṇa