[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) › 3.181.18 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 3.181.18 Mahābhārata 3.181.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.181.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.181.18) aśubhaiḥ karmabhiḥ pāpāstiryaṅnarakagāminaḥ | saṃsāreṣu vicitreṣu pacyamānāḥ punaḥ punaḥ || 18 || > Then those wicked men, when disembodied, on account of their unrighteous and unblessed deeds, went to hell in a crooked way. Again and again, they were grilled, and, again and again they began to drag their miserable existence in this wonderful world. And their desires were unfulfilled, the objects unaccomplished, and their knowledge became unavailing. And their senses were paralysed and they became apprehensive of everything and the cause of other people's sufferings. And they were generally marked by wicked deeds, and born in low families; they became wicked and afflicted with diseases, and the terror of others. And they became short-lived and sinful and they reaped the fruit of their terrible deeds. And coveting everything, they became godless and indifferent in mind, O son of Kunti! The destiny of every creature after death is determined by his acts in this world. Thou hast asked me where this treasure of acts of the sage and the ignorant remain, and where they enjoy the fruit of their good and evil deeds! Do thou listen to the regulations on this subject! Man with his subtle original body created by God lays up a great store of virtue and vice. After death he quits his frail (outer) body and is immediately born again in another order of beings. He never remains non-existent for a single moment. In his new life his actions follow him invariably as shadow and, fructifying, makes his destiny happy or miserable. > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 3.181.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.181.17) - [Next: 3.181.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.181.19) - [Up: 3.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.181) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.3.182.6.2) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.3.186.18) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.3.183.70) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.181.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.181.18) · Pramāṇa