The sages have said that all calamities originate from envy, which, in its turn, springs from mistaken judgement. By that envy, also, I have been dragged from where I was plunged into an ocean of sin.
ईर्ष्याजं व्यसनं प्राहुस्तेन चैवोर्ध्व रेतसः। ईर्ष्णया त्वहमाक्षिप्तो मग्नो दुष्कृतसागरे॥