ཕག་མའ་རྟགས་པ་བརྗད་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་མད notes.35
The Exemplary Tale About a Sow notes.35
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35. In the extant Sanskrit, as well as the Chinese translation, the god is here described as “terrified of being born in the womb of an animal and terrified of dying” (tiryagyonyupapattibhayabhīto maraṇabhayabhītaś ca), which in the Tibetan is stated only later in the narrative, when Śakra recounts this dialogue to the Buddha.