The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 12.175.4

12.175.4

kīdṛśo jīvatāṃ jīvaḥ kva vā gacchanti ye mṛtāḥ |
asmāllokādamuṃ lokaṃ sarvaṃ śaṃsatu no bhavān || 4 ||

"Yudhishthira said, 'Whence has this universe consisting of mobile and immobile creatures been created? Whom does it go to when destruction sets in? Tell me this, O grandsire! Indeed, by whom has this universe with its oceans, its firmament, its mountains, its clouds, its lands, its fire, and its wind, been created. How were all objects created? Whence this division into separate orders of existence? Whence are their purity and impurity, and the ordinances about virtue and vice? Of what kind is the life of living creatures? Where also do they go who die. Tell us everything about this and the other world.'