The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.85.6
Mahābhārata 1.85.6
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.85.6
aṣṭaka uvāca |
yadā tu tānvitudante vayāṃsi tathā gṛdhrāḥ śitikaṇṭhāḥ pataṃgāḥ |
kathaṃ bhavanti kathamābhavanti na bhaumamanyaṃ narakaṃ śṛṇomi || 6 ||
"Ashtaka said, 'When life is destroyed with age, vultures, peacocks, insects, and worms eat up the human body. Where doth man then reside? How doth he also come back to life? I have never heard of any hell called Bhauma on Earth!'
Translations (1)
- The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English
Commentaries (1)
- Bhāratabhāvadīpa — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit
Other recensions (2)
- Southern recension — Sanskrit
- Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text) — Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Matsyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit