Mahabharata 12.110.22

च्युता देवमनुष्येभ्यो यथा प्रेतास्तथैव तेधनादानाद्दुःखतरं जीविताद्विप्रयोजनम्

cyutā devamanuṣyebhyo yathā pretāstathaiva tedhanādānādduḥkhataraṃ jīvitādviprayojanam

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