[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) › c7.2245 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.2245 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.2245 - **Language:** English ### [c7.2245](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2245) In due course the seven of them died, and took rebirth as rude low-caste people in Dāśapura. Because of the sacrifice and offerings to the Manes they had the remembrance of their previous birth. So they feared god and took fast and vow at a holy bath and in the presence of a multitude cast off their lives and were born again as animals in Kālāñjara hills. Because of their abstinence due to knowledge they cast off their lives by Prapatana (jumping down from the top of the mountain) and were born again as Ruddy geese, in the Mānasasaras whentheir names were Sumanas, Kusuma, Vasu, Citradarśī, Sudarśī, Jñātā and Jñānapāraga—names conforming to their character. The seven brothers became pure and sinless by their union with god the Supreme Spirit. But three of them fell out of the union because of their desire. They saw the pleasurable life led by Aṇuha the King of Pāñcāla who was immensely wealthy with many beautiful wives. At the sight of this, one of the geese—the Brahmin Pitṛvartti, who performed the sacrifice of offering to the Manes because of his love for his father—wished to become a king. Seeing the two wealthy ministers who led luxurious lives, two of the ruddy geese wanted to become ministers. Accordingly Pitṛvartti was born as Brahmadatta the son of Vaibh-rāja and the other two as sons of ministers with names Puṇḍarīka and Subālaka. Brahmadatta was anointed as King of Pāñcāla in the great city of Kāmpilya. That King was mighty, loving his father well, always desirous of giving offerings to Manes and harmonious with God, having the ability to read the hearts of every living being. He married Sannati the daughter of Sudeva. This woman in her previous birth was the cow of Garga. As this cow was used as offering to the Manes she got rebirth as a religious-minded woman and became the queen of Brahmadatta, who ruled over the kingdom well for a long time. - [Previous: c7.2244](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2244) - [Next: c7.2246](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2246) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2245](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2245) · Pramāṇa