[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c5.410 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.410 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.410 - **Language:** English ### [c5.410](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.410) On account of such painful thoughts the Brahmin could not sleep in the night. Early in the morning he went to sage Vasiṣṭha and unburdened his heart to him and requested him to find a solution to the low and mean birth which has become his parents' fate. After meditating for some time the great sage told the brahmin as follows :— - [Previous: c5.409](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.409) - [Next: c5.411](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.411) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.410](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.410) · Pramāṇa