Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.2452
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.2452
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My soul went to hell. After the suffering of a very long period, I took birth again as a Jackal. Then I became a dog, and then a snake. After that I passed through the births of a hen, a cat and a rat. Thus Brahmā had put me in the wombs of all kinds of animals. Now I have taken the birth of a she-hog. Lady! Your husband Ikṣvāku is the incarnation of Viṣṇu in portion and yourself, that of Lakṣmī in portion. If you would give me the merits you have earned for one day by your good deeds, I could leave off all these mean births and attain heaven."