[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) › 6.38.23 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.38.23 Mahābhārata 6.38.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.38.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.38.23) yaḥ śāstravidhimutsṛjya vartate kāmakārataḥ | na sa siddhimavāpnoti na sukhaṃ na parāṃ gatim || 23 || > He who, setting aside the ordinance of the Shâstra, acts under the impulse of desire, attains not to perfection, nor happiness, nor the Goal Supreme. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita - [Previous: 6.38.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.38.22) - [Next: 6.38.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.38.24) - [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.16.23) — 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.6.40.23) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.40.23) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.40.23) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.16.23) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.38.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.38.23) · Pramāṇa