[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) › 1.85.8 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.85.8 Mahābhārata 1.85.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.85.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.85.8) ṣaṣṭiṃ sahasrāṇi patanti vyomni tathā aśītiṃ parivatsarāṇi | tānvai tudanti prapatataḥ prapātaṃ bhīmā bhaumā rākṣasāstīkṣṇadaṃṣṭrāḥ || 8 || > "Yayati answered, 'After the dissolution of the body, man, according to his acts, re-entereth the womb of his mother and stayeth there in an indistinct form, and soon after assuming a distinct and visible shape reappeareth in the world and walketh on its surface. This is that Earth-hell (Bhauma) where he falleth, for he beholdeth not the termination of his existence and acteth not towards his emancipation. Some dwell for sixty thousand years, some, for eighty-thousand years in heaven, and then they fall. And as they fall, they are attacked by certain Rakshasas in the form of sons, grandsons, and other relatives, that withdraw their hearts from acting for their own emancipation.' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 1.85.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.85.7) - [Next: 1.85.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.85.9) - [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.1.90.5) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.90.8) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.1.84.8) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.1.90.8) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.39.8) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.85.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.85.8) · Pramāṇa