आत्मापराधवृक्षस्य फलान्येतानि देहिनाम् ।
रोगशोकपरीतापबन्धनव्यसनानि च ॥
ātmāparādha-vṛkṣāṇāṁ phalāny etāni dehinām |
roga-śoka-parītāpa-bandhana-vyasanāni ca ||
(Hitopadeśa: Mitra-lābha, 41)
“These are the fruits of the trees of an embodied being’s own offenses: disease, grief, suffering, bondage, and vices [alt., adversities].”
Alternate version
आत्मापराधवृक्षस्य फलान्येतानि देहिनाम् ।
दारिद्र्यरोगदुःखानि बन्धनव्यसनानि च ॥
ātmāparādha-vṛkṣasya phalāny etāni dehinām |
dāridrya-roga-duḥkhāni bandhana-vyasanāni ca ||
(Cāṇakya-nīti: 14.2)
“These are the fruits of the tree of an embodied being’s own offenses: poverty, disease, suffering, bondage, and vices [alt., adversities].”