[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) › 6.40.67 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.40.67 Mahābhārata 6.40.67 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.40.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.40.67) idaṃ te nātapaskāya nābhaktāya kadācana | na cāśuśrūṣave vācyaṃ na ca māṃ yo'bhyasūyati || 67 || > This is never to be spoken by thee to one who is devoid of austerities or devotion, nor to one who does not render service, nor to one who cavils at Me. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita - [Previous: 6.40.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.40.66) - [Next: 6.40.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.40.68) - [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.18.67) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.42.3.8) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.42.67) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.42.67) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.42.67) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.18.67) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Śivagītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.stotra.sivagita-2.1.9_6) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (700 verses)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*vulgate.18.67) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.40.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.40.67) · Pramāṇa