[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) › c5.612 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.612 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.612 - **Language:** English ### [c5.612](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.612) Then addressing Dharmagupta first and the lion next the bear said thus : “I am Dhyānakāṣṭha a sage of the Bhṛgu family. I can take any form I like. I cursed you, Dharmagupta, because you cheated a friend. This lion is Bhadra, one of the ministers of Kubera. Once he entered into sexual act with a bear in front of the āśrama of Gautama at midday and the sage cursed him and made him into a lion. The sage as a relief from the curse had further decreed that he would get his original form when he entered into a conversation with me.” When Dhyānakāṣṭha finished speaking the lion changed itself into the form of Bhadra. - [Previous: c5.611](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.611) - [Next: c5.613](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.613) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.612](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.612) · Pramāṇa