The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.85.9
Mahābhārata 1.85.9
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.85.9
aṣṭaka uvāca |
yadenasaste patatastudanti bhīmā bhaumā rākṣasāstīkṣṇadaṃṣṭrāḥ |
kathaṃ bhavanti kathamābhavanti kathaṃbhūtā garbhabhūtā bhavanti || 9 ||
"Ashtaka asked, 'For what sin are beings, when they fall from heaven, attacked by these fierce and sharp-toothed Rakshasas? Why are they not reduced to annihilation? How do they again enter the womb, furnished with senses?'
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