Brahma Purana — Bondage Through the Guṇas: Transmigration, Misidentification, and Ascetic Practices, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

भविष्यति न मे दुःखं कृतेनेहाप्य् अनन्तकम् सुखदुःखं हि मानुष्यं निरये चापि मज्जनम् //

Translation

This verse (38) is preserved in the Purāṇa to set forth the meaning of Dharma and the sacred, encyclopedic knowledge.

Speaker

• A narrator/teacher addressing a king; the verse rebuts the deluded assumption of guaranteed happiness