[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) › 6.40.49 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.40.49 Mahābhārata 6.40.49 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.40.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.40.49) asaktabuddhiḥ sarvatra jitātmā vigataspṛhaḥ | naiṣkarmyasiddhiṃ paramāṃ saṃnyāsenādhigacchati || 49 || > He whose intellect is unattached everywhere, who has subdued his heart, whose desires have fled, he attains by renunciation to the supreme perfection, consisting of freedom from action. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita - [Previous: 6.40.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.40.48) - [Next: 6.40.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.40.50) - [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.18.49) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.42.3.6) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.42.49) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.42.49) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.42.49) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.18.49) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vulgate (700 verses)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*vulgate.18.49) — Sanskrit - [Advaitasudhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.prakarana.advaitasudha.3.6-2.11) — Govindāśrama, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.40.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.40.49) · Pramāṇa