[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) › 1.85.4 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.85.4 Mahābhārata 1.85.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.85.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.85.4) yayātiruvāca | imaṃ bhaumaṃ narakaṃ te patanti lālapyamānā naradeva sarve | te kaṅkagomāyubalāśanārthaṃ kṣīṇā vivṛddhiṃ bahudhā vrajanti || 4 || > "Yayati answered, 'O pious one, they that speak of their own merits are doomed to suffer the hell called Bhauma. Though really emaciated and lean, they appear to grow on Earth (in the shape of their sons and grandsons) only to become food for vultures, dogs, and jackals. Therefore, O king, this highly censurable and wicked vice should be repressed. I have now, O king, told thee all. Tell me what more I shall say.' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 1.85.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.85.3) - [Next: 1.85.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.85.5) - [Up: 1.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.85) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.1.90.3) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.90.4) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.1.84.4) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.1.90.4) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.39.4) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.85.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.85.4) · Pramāṇa