[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) › 6.40.46 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.40.46 Mahābhārata 6.40.46 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.40.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.40.46) yataḥ pravṛttirbhūtānāṃ yena sarvamidaṃ tatam | svakarmaṇā tamabhyarcya siddhiṃ vindati mānavaḥ || 46 || > From whom is the evolution of all beings, by whom all this is pervaded, worshipping Him with his own duty, a man attains perfection. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita - [Previous: 6.40.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.40.45) - [Next: 6.40.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.40.47) - [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.18.46) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.42.3.5) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.42.46) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.42.46) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.42.46) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.18.46) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.40.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.40.46) · Pramāṇa