The sage asked the spirit of wisdom
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thus: 'Which land is the unhappier?'
The spirit of wisdom answered
thus: 'That land is the more afflicted, in which hell is formed.
The second, when they slay in it a righteous man who is innocent.
The third, for whose sake the demons and fiends work.
The fourth, in which they construct an idol-temple.
The fifth, when a wicked man, who is an evil-doer, makes an abode in it.
The sixth, when the interment of a corpse is performed below.
The seventh, in which a noxious creature has a burrow.
The eighth, when from the possession of the good it comes into the possession of the bad.
The ninth, when they make desolate that which was populous.
And the tenth, in which they make lamentation and weeping.'