Bhagavatapurana 5.8.27

5.8.27

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tadānīm api pārśva-vartinam ātmajam ivānuśocantam abhivīkṣamāṇo mṛga evābhiniveśita-manā visṛjya lokam imaṃ saha mṛgeṇa kalevaraṃ mṛtam anu na mṛta-janmānusmṛtir itaravan mṛga-śarīram avāpa //

27. Even at that moment he wistfully looks at the deer that, like a son stood weeping by his side, and having given all his heart to the deer alone, departed from this body along with the deer; and without losing the memory of the past life, though the body had gone, he like an ordinary mortal was again born as a deer.