Shanti Parva 190.11
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Shanti Parva Chapter 190 · Verse 11
Sanskrit Original
भृगुरुवाच अत्रोच्यते-अनृतात् खलु तमः प्रादुर्भूतं ततस्तमो ग्रस्ता अधर्ममेवानुवर्तन्ते न धर्मं क्रोधलोभहिंसानृतादिभिरवच्छन्ना न खल्वस्मिँल्लोके नामुत्र सुखमाजवन्ति। विविधव्याधिरुजोपतापैरवकीर्यन्ते। वधबन्धनपरिक्लेशादिभिश्च क्षुत्पिपासाश्रमकृतैरुपतापैरुपतप्यन्ते। वर्षवातात्युष्णातिशीतकृतैश्च प्रतिभयैः शारीरैर्दुःखैरुपतप्यन्ते। बन्धुधनविनाशविप्रयोगकृतैश्च
Bhrigu said The following is said on this topic : from Untruth originates Darkness. Those who are possessed by Darkness pursue only Unrighteousness and not Righteousness, being influenced by anger, cupidity, malice, falsehood, and similar evils. They never enjoy happiness either in this world or in the next. On the other hand, they are assailed by various sorts of disease and pain and trouble. They are also tortured by Death, imprisonment, and various other punishments, and by the sorrows originating from hunger, thirst and toil. They also suffer from endless physical troubles that originate from rain and wind and burning heat and excessive cold. They also suffer from numerous mental grief caused by loss of wealth and separation from friends, as also by griefs caused by decrepitude and death.