Yudhishthira said I wish, O king, to hear fully the origin, the place, the growth, the decay, the rise, the root, the attribute, the course, the time, the cause, and the result of ignorance. The misery that is felt here is the outcome of ignorance.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच अज्ञानस्य प्रवृत्तिं च स्थानं वृद्धिक्षयोदयौ। मूलं योगं गतिं कालं कारणं हेतुमेव च॥ श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वेन यथावदिह पार्थिव। अज्ञानप्रसवं हीदं यद् दुःखमुपलभ्यते॥