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