[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) › 6.40.16 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.40.16 Mahābhārata 6.40.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.40.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.40.16) tatraivaṃ sati kartāramātmānaṃ kevalaṃ tu yaḥ | paśyatyakṛtabuddhitvānna sa paśyati durmatiḥ || 16 || > Such being the case, he who through a non-purified understanding looks upon his Self, the Absolute, as the agent, he of perverted mind sees not. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita - [Previous: 6.40.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.40.15) - [Next: 6.40.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.40.17) - [Up: 6.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.40) ## Translations (2) - [Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-swarupananda.18.16) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.42.3.2) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.42.16) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.42.16) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.42.16) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (4) - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.18.16) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Nayamayūkhamālikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.visistadvaita.nayamayukhamalika.2.3.39.p2) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (700 verses)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*vulgate.18.16) — Sanskrit - [Advaitavidyāvijaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.visistadvaita.vadakalai.advaitavidyavijaya.p135) — Mahācārya 1509, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.40.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.40.16) · Pramāṇa