The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.90.19

1.90.19

purodhāya sukṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ vetyuktaṃ tadvibhajate | puṇyāṃ yonimiti | ārohe | 'anyaṃ navataraṃ kalyāṇataraṃ rūpaṃ kurute pitryaṃ vā gāndharvaṃ vā daivaṃ vā prajāpatyaṃ vā brāhmaṃ cā' iti śruteḥ | pitryādyanyatamāṃ yonim avarohe tu 'ramaṇīyacaraṇā abhyāśohayatteramaṇīyāṃ yoniṃ prapadyante brāhmaṇayoniṃ vā kṣatriyayoniṃ vā' iti | puṇyāṃ yoniṃ bhajanti | evaṃ pāpāmapi | 'pāpakṛto nārakīṃ yoniṃ bhuktvā kapūyacaraṇāḥ kapūyāṃ yonimāpadyante śvayoniṃ vā sūkarayoniṃ vā cāṇḍālayoniṃ vā' iti śruteḥ | pāpāṃ yoniṃ bhajanti | kīṭāḥ pataṅgāśca bhavanti | pāpāḥ pāpakasvabhāvāḥ | athaitayoḥ pathorna katareṇa ca na tānīmāni kṣudrāṇyasakṛdāvartīni jāyasva mriyasvetyetattṛtīyaṃ sthānamiti śruteḥ | kīṭādiyonim asakṛdbhajanti | ata eva yonisañcārasya duḥkhabahulatvānna me vivakṣāsti 'mahānubhāvajāyāmesyādatha prajāyeya vittaṃ mesyādatha karma kurvīya' iti śrūyamāṇa jāyādibhāraṃ voḍhumicchā mama nāsti | kiṃ tu bhūmiṃ prāpya naiṣkarmyameva sādhayiṣyāmītibhāvaḥ ||