Varaha Purana 116.21

पापकर्मरता ह्यासन्ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ॥ लब्ध्वा तु मानुषीं संज्ञां पञ्चभूत समन्विताम्

pāpa-karmaratā hy āsan tato duḥkhataraṃ nu kim || labdhvā tu mānuṣīṃ saṃjñāṃ pañca-bhūta-samanvitām

They were indeed devoted to sinful actions—what could be more painful than that? Having obtained a human state endowed with the five elements,