Manusmriti

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व्यसनस्य च मृत्योश्च व्यसनं कष्टमुच्यते । व्यसन्यधोऽधो व्रजति स्वर्यात्यव्यसनी मृतः ॥ ५३ ॥

sanskrit

(On a comparison) between vice and death, vice is declared to be more pernicious; a vicious man sinks to the nethermost (hell), he who dies, free from vice, ascends to heaven.

english translation

vyasanasya ca mRtyozca vyasanaM kaSTamucyate | vyasanyadho'dho vrajati svaryAtyavyasanI mRtaH || 53 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript