[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) › c8.1313 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1313 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1313 - **Language:** English ### [c8.1313](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1313) (iii) Birth as Kapi (Monkey). Nārada, who expired on the banks of the Gaṅgā was again born as the son of Brahmā. Though the father wanted the son to get married the latter preferred to spend his days in the meditation on God. Brahmā then told his son as follows:— "Why are you so much afraid of the house-holder's life? Many people have attained salvation by following the four āśramas (stages in life) like that of the celibate, the house-holder, the anchorite and the sannyāsin. In fact, only such people will be able to serve man and God. A girl named Mālati alias Damayantī is born to maharṣi Sañjaya, and Śiva has granted her the boon that in this birth you will become her husband. You, therefore, go to Naranārāyaṇas engaged in penance on the Himālayas. They will give Mālati in marriage to you." - [Previous: c8.1312](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1312) - [Next: c8.1314](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1314) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1313](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1313) · Pramāṇa