[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) › 1.85.9 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.85.9 Mahābhārata 1.85.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.85.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.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?' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 1.85.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.85.8) - [Next: 1.85.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.85.10) - [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.1.90.6) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.90.9) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.1.84.9) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.1.90.9) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.39.9) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.85.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.85.9) · Pramāṇa